Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *dzamba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth, peg) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, molar), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (tooth)).[2]

Noun edit

dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)

  1. tooth

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82