dhëmb

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • dhamb (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dzamba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos ‘tooth, peg’ (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos) ‘molar’, Serbo-Croatian zȗb ‘tooth’).

Noun

dhëmb m (indefinite plural dhëmbë)

  1. tooth
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Last modified on 30 January 2013, at 03:05