qurra
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibilities include:
- Akin to Lithuanian šliùrti (“to become dirty”), with the terms sharing a tentative late root Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-r-.[1]
- Akin to Lithuanian krèkti (“to coagulate, clot”).[2]
- Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیر (kir, “dirt”).[3]
Noun
editqurra f pl
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qurra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
- ^ Çabej, E. (1986) “qurra”, in Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 65
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ḱür̄ε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 232
Further reading
edit- “qurra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980