Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *tsambrā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂emb- (bent, crooked) (compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós), Old Irish camm, Swedish skimpa (to hop)).[1]

Noun

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thembër f (plural thembra, definite thembra, definite plural thembrat)

  1. heel
  2. (figurative) edge of cake or bread

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thembër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474