kërr
Albanian
editEtymology
editPossibly related to Sanskrit खर (khára), Persian خر (xar, “donkey”).[1] Alternatively, compare Persian کره (korre), Armenian քուռակ (kʻuṙak, “foal, colt”).
Noun
editkërr m (plural kërre, definite kërri)
Declension
editDeclension of kërr
Derived terms
editAdjective
editkërr (feminine kërre)
- grey, grey-haired; with little or no hair (of animals)
- barren, with no vegetation
- Synonym: i zhveshur
- kodër kërre ― barren hill
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 183