zorrë

Albanian

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Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džārnā with long *ā < *ē, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Close to Lithuanian žarnà (“gut”), Latvian zarna (“intestines”), Old Norse gǫrn (“gut”).^[1]

Alternatively from *ǵʰer- (“guts, entrails, bowels, intestine”).

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zorə/

Noun

zorrë f (plural zorrë, definite zorra, definite plural zorrët)

bowel, intestine(s)
Synonym: (regional) shkota

Declension

Declension of **zorrë**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zorrë	zorra	zorrë	zorrët
accusative	zorrë	zorrën	zorrë	zorrët
dative	zorre	zorrës	zorrëve	zorrëve
ablative	zorre	zorrës	zorrësh	zorrëve

Derived terms

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*garnō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127

“zorrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
Newmark, Leonard (1999), “zorrë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*garnō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127

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