thjerë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thjerrë, fjerë, fjerrë

Etymology

Unknown, compared to Albanian thërrmoj (“to crumble”), thërrime (“crumb”) and to Latin cicer (“chickpea”), Old Armenian սիսեռն (siseṙn, “chickpea”).

Noun

thjerë m

1. lentil

Derived terms

• thjermë
• thirqe

References

• Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 398
• Erat, Janez (2008) Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Slovene), 2 edition, page 112b