zdramë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom zdraj (“to swell, to make swell”), a prefixal derivative from Proto-Albanian *d(e)ranja (compare Sanskrit दृणाति (dṛṇāti, “to burst”) and Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”)).[1]
Noun
editzdramë f (plural zdrama, definite zdrama, definite plural zdramat)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zdralë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 520
Further reading
edit- “zdramë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “zdramë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “zdramë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 576