Albanian edit

Etymology edit

A compound of bërth, a variant of bathë +‎ amë (mother), literally conveying the meaning of 'mother of the fruit'.[1]

Noun edit

bërthamë f (plural berthama, definite berthama, definite plural berthamat)

  1. seed, core, nucleus

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bërthamë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 23