hardhël

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • hardhicë, hardhiçkë, hardhël(ë), hardhëjë (Tosk), hardhucë, hardhushkë, hardhje

Etymology

From *hardhë, from Proto-Albanian *skardā (“digger”), from Proto-Indo-European *skord- (compare Ancient Greek σκορδύλος (skordúlos, “newt”), Lithuanian skardùs (“deep”), Latvian skārdît (“to divide”)), from *sker- (“to cut”).[1] More at harr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [haɾˈðəl] (Standard)

Noun

hardhël f (plural hardhla, definite hardhla, definite plural hardhlët)

  1. lizard

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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