jargë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ergā, from Proto-Indo-European *her-(e)-ĝ-. Close to Old Norse argr (“bad, evil, coward”), Lithuanian aržùz (“lusty”), Avestan ərəzant (ərəzant, “bad”)[1].

Noun

jargë f

  1. spit, phlegm

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “jargë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 157
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