bërthamë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A compound of bërth, a variant of bathë +‎ amë (mother), literally conveying the meaning of 'mother of the fruit'.[1]

Noun[edit]

bërthamë f (plural berthama, definite berthama, definite plural berthamat)

  1. seed, core, nucleus

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bërthamë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 23