hurdhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dialectal urdhë, from Proto-Albanian *urdā, from Proto-Indo-European *uh1r- ‘water’. Cognate to Sanskrit वार् (vā́r-, “water”), Old Prussian wurs (“pond, pool”).[1]

Noun

hurdhë f (indefinite plural hurdha, definite singular hurdha, definite plural hurdhat)

  1. pond
  2. marsh
  3. deep pool in a river
  4. (figuratively) neighborhood, neck of the woods

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • hurdhatak, hurdhele, hurdhiq

References
  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.205
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