urdhë

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from an earlier *urdā or *uordā, from Proto-Indo-European *uer- (“to boil, to burn”). Cognate to Old Armenian վառիմ (vaṙim, “to burn”), Lithuanian vìrti (“to cook, to boil”)[1].

Noun

urdhë f (indefinite plural urdha, definite singular urdha, definite plural urdhat)

  1. sort of white cheese

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.487-488
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