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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *serpena, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-en-o-s, from the root *serp- (to crawl). Compare with Latin serpens, Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón) and Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gjarpër m (plural gjarpërínj, definite gjárpri, definite plural gjarpërínjtë)

  1. snake (Serpentes)

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjarpër ~ gjarpën”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 130

Further reading

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  • gjarpër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006