ndjenjë

Ndjenjë is a feminine noun in the Albanian language that denotes a subjective experiential state, commonly translated as "feeling" or "emotion." It covers both physical sensations and internal emotional experiences, and it can also refer to a sense or perception of something, i.e., a mental impression.

In everyday speech, ndjenjë appears in descriptions of emotional life and bodily sensations. It can denote specific feelings such as love, happiness, sadness, or fear, as in phrases like "ndjenja e dashurisë" (the feeling of love) or "ndjenjë e ngarkuar" (a heavy feeling). In literary and philosophical contexts, the term is used to discuss subjective experience, aesthetic perception, moral sensibility, and other aspects of how a person experiences the world.

Grammatical notes: Ndjenjë is a feminine noun. The indefinite form is "një ndjenjë," and the plural form is "ndjenja" (feelings).

Etymology and related forms: The noun is native to Albanian and is derived from the verb ndjej, meaning "to feel." It belongs to a family of terms connected to perception and emotion and forms part of common collocations describing emotional and sensory experience, such as "ndjenjë estetike" (aesthetic sense) or "ndjenjë morale" (moral sense).