shkretëtirë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From shkretë (poor, abandoned) +‎ -tirë.

Noun

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shkretëtirë f (plural shkretëtira, definite shkretëtira, definite plural shkretëtirat)

  1. desert
    Synonyms: tytë, repë
    shkretëtirë akullipolar desert
  2. distant, unhabited place; wilderness
    Synonym: humbësirë

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References

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  • “shkretëtír/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1868f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shkret-ë [] -tirë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 484a
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σ̈κρετῑ-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 400
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “škretɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 409