Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

From early Byzantine Greek οἴη (oíē, sorb apple; service tree), from Ancient Greek ὄα (óa).[1][2]

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Noun edit

vadhë f (plural vadha, definite vadha)

  1. sorb apple (Sorbus domestica)
  2. rowan, mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia)

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vadhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 492
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 411