hurdhë
Albanian edit
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Etymology edit
From dialectal urdhë, from Proto-Albanian *urdā, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (“water”). Cognate to Sanskrit वार् (vā́r-, “water”), Old Prussian wurs (“pond, pool”).[1]
Noun edit
hurdhë f (plural hurdha, definite hurdha, definite plural hurdhat)
- pond
- marsh
- deep pool in a river
- (figurative) neighborhood, neck of the woods
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References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 205