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abrash

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Turkish abraş, from Ottoman Turkish ابراش, from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš, “dappled, mottled”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.bɹəʃ/, /ˈɑ.bɹɑʃ/

Noun edit

abrash (plural abrashes)

  1. A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابراش (abraş), from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš).[1][2] Compare Romanian abraș.

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

abrash (feminine abrashe) (colloquial, often nominalised)

  1. blond (of people)
  2. freckled (of people)
  3. spotted, piebald (of horses)
  4. variegated, motley
    Synonyms: i larmë, laraman
  5. (figuratively) rude, unfriendly
    Synonyms: i prapë, i vrazhdë
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
  • “abrash”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “abrash”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980

Etymology 2 edit

Uncertain. Likely a variant of abresh (“dark-skinned (of a fruit)”). Possibly from above,[2] though that would be semantically difficult.[1]

Noun edit

abrash m (definite abrashi)

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  1. cockroach
    Synonyms: furrtare, kacabu

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “abrash”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954)‎[1], Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meyer, G. (1891) “abráš”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 2
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