Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hittite [Term?] (/⁠šarra⁠/, break, rupture, divide), Latin serra (id), Lithuanian sėris (filament).[1] Alternatively borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin serra; compare Aromanian sharã.

Noun edit

sharrë f (plural sharra, definite sharra, definite plural sharrat)

  1. saw
  2. sawmill
  3. saw-toothed ridge: steep mountain range, hidden ocean reef
  4. (medicine) lockjaw, tetanus

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, pp. 911