Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Metathesis of variant këpurdhë, from Proto-Albanian *kapur, from Proto-Indo-European *kep- (compare Lithuanian kepùrė (cap), Latvian cȩpure (id), Serbo-Croatian čèpac (bonnet)).[1]

Noun

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kërpudhë f (plural kërpudha, definite kërpudha, definite plural kërpudhat)

  1. (mycology) mushroom
  2. pileus
  3. (medicine) fungal infection

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këpurdhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 179