kumri
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish قمری (kumru), from Old Anatolian Turkish, from Arabic قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy, “laughing dove”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkumri f (plural kumrí, definite kumría, definite plural kumrítë)
- (zoology) Eurasian collared dove, ringdove
- (figurative, endearing) beautiful maiden
- Synonym: pëllumbeshë — endearing
References
editFurther reading
edit- “kumri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “kumri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kumrí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 225
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- Albanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
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- Albanian terms derived from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Albanian/ɾi
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- sq:Zoology
- Albanian endearing terms