Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian гради́на (gradína), Serbo-Croatian gràdinaгра̀дина, Romanian grădină.

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Noun

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gradinë f (plural gradina) (regional)

  1. garden, vegetable garden
    Synonym: kopsht
  2. common, wasteland
    Synonym: rrënore
  3. green bank

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References

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  • gradin/ë”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019
  • Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “gradinë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 91
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gradin-ar [] ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 132a
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “град1”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270