hurdhë

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From dialectal urdhë, from Proto-Albanian *urdā, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (“water”). Cognate to Sanskrit वार् (vā́r-, “water”), Old Prussian wurs (“pond, pool”).[1]

Noun[edit]

hurdhë f (plural hurdha, definite hurdha, definite plural hurdhat)

  1. pond
  2. marsh
  3. deep pool in a river
  4. (figurative) neighborhood, neck of the woods

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 205
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