Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dialectal balzë, from Proto-Albanian *baldzā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolgʷ-. Compare Latin fulica.[1]

Noun

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bajzë f (plural bajza, definite bajza, definite plural bajzat)

  1. coot, kind of water-fowl
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bajzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 14