ndrikull
Albanian
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin mātrīcula in the sense of early Medieval Latin mātrīna.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editndrikull f (plural ndrikulla, definite ndrikulla, definite plural ndrikullat)
- midwife
- witness (in marriage)
- mother of child who gets his/her first haircut
- woman who takes care of bride on wedding day
- (derogatory) old, mouthy and gossipy woman
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editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ndrikull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 288