hurdhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • hurdhatak, hurdhele, hurdhiq

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