badër
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *bāstrā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰes- (“blow”), compare Sanskrit भस्त्रा (bhástrā, “bellows”).[1] Alternatively from bardhë (“white”).[2]
Noun
badër f (plural badra, definite badra, definite plural badrat)
- (botany) asphodel (Asphodelus)
Synonyms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “badër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “badër”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 82