shpargër
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOrel suggests Greek σπάργανα (spárgana), σπάργανο (spárgano).[1] However, due to the sp - shp evolution and the n - r rhotacism pattern between Gheg and Tosk that only exists in old borrowing, suggest older borrowing such as Ancient Greek σπάργανον (spárganon)
Noun
editshpargër m (plural shpërgenj, definite shpargri, definite plural shpërgenjtë)
- diaper
- swaddling clothes
- baby blanket
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpargër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 428