burdhë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *burdā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥dʰo (compare English board, Lithuanian bartà).[1] Alternatively a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”) (cf. with Old English byrd (“burden”), German Bürde (“burden, weight”), Icelandic byrði (“burden”)). For sense development cf. Italian fardello, both meaning sack, bag and burden.

Noun

burdhë f (plural burdha, definite burdha)

  1. thickly-woven cotton sackcloth
  2. sack, bag

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 150
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