përrue
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editGheg; from Old Albanian përruo, from Proto-Albanian *pVrē/ān-, or *pVroN, possibly a Balkan word.[1] Alternatively from Bulgarian порой (poroj, “torrent”).[2][3]
Noun
editpërrue m (plural përrenj)
- torrent, rapid stream
- bed of a rapid stream or torrent
- (figurative) large quantity of something moving in a rush, torrent, gush
Derived terms
editReferences
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 318
- ^ Stefan Schumacher, "Lehnbeziehung zwischen Protoalbanisch und balkanischem Latein bzw. Romanisch", in Albanische Geschichte: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung (Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2009), 45-8.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “përrue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 323