Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly a suffixed formation from bardhë (white). Çabej suggests a borrowing from Macedonian пченица (pčenica).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bërcel m (plural bërcele, definite bërceli, definite plural bërcelet)

  1. (botany) einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “bërcel”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 82