përrue

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gheg; from Old Albanian përruo, from Proto-Albanian *pVre̅/a̅n-, or *pVroN, possibly a Balkan word[1]. Alternatively from Bulgarian порой (poroj) ‘torrent’.[2][3]

Noun

përrue m (indefinite plural përrenj)

  1. torrent, rapid stream
  2. bed of a rapid stream or torrent
  3. (figuratively) large quantity of something moving in a rush, torrent, gush

Derived terms

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 318.
  2. Stefan Schumacher, "Lehnbeziehung zwischen Protoalbanisch und balkanischem Latein bzw. Romanisch", in Albanische Geschichte: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung (Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2009), 45-8.
  3. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 323.
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