bardhë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *bardza, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰór(h₁)ǵos < *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate to Illyrian *Bardillis (attested in Ancient Greek as Βάρδυλλις (Bárdullis), Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis), the name of an Illyrian king); preserved as Bardhyl, Bardhyll in Albanian.[1][2][3][4][5] Compare English bright, Lithuanian brékšti (“to dawn”), Slovene brẹ̑sk (“dawn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːɾð/ (Standard Albanian)
- IPA(key): /baːɹð/, /baːɹθ/ (Gheg dial.)
- IPA(key): /baːɾθ/ (dial.)
Adjective
i bardhë
Antonyms
Descendants
- → Turkish: barza
References
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 238.
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 206
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 220.
- ^ Pavle Ivić, 1985 Zbornik Šeste jugoslovenske onomastičke konferencije: Donji Milanovac, p. 59
- ^ Alexandru Rosetti, 1973 Brève histoire de la langue roumaine des origines à nos jours, p. 52