burrë
See also: burre
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂u-ro-, from *bʰuh₂- (“to be, become”). Close to Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”). Possibly through Germanic.[2] Possibly related to Thracian [script needed] (bur).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
burrë m (plural burra, definite burri, definite plural burrat)
- man (male person)
- Coordinate term: grua (“woman”)
- husband
- a brave male
- 1988, Francesco Solano, Manuale di lingua albanese (overall work in Italian):
- […] por kush është burrë që t'ja varë maces zilen në qafe? — Gjithe minjtë heshtën, […]
- […] but who's brave enough to pin the bell to the neck of the cat? — All the mice fell silent, […]
- mister, lord
Declension edit
Declension of burrë
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 84, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
- ^ [2]
Further reading edit
- “burrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006