thënie

Thënie is an Albanian noun meaning a saying, quotation, or utterance. It refers to a short, memorable line of speech or writing that conveys meaning, authority, or wisdom. In broader usage, thënie encompasses direct quotations from others as well as aphorisms, maxims, and proverbs encountered in literature, journalism, and everyday conversation. The term derives from the verb thënë, "to say," with the suffix -ie forming a noun that denotes an act or product of saying.

In Albanian, a thënie may be attributed to a source as a quotation or cited within a text as a recognizable line from a writer. The word also appears in discussions of language style and rhetoric, where short, memorable lines are valued for emphasis or clarity. Thënie is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts to reference famous lines or to illustrate a point with a concise statement. In translation, thënie is commonly rendered as "quotation" or "saying," while a related form such as aforizëm refers to a pithy aphorism.

See also: quotation, aphorism, proverb, citation.