hardhje
Albanian
editAlternative forms
edit- hardhicë, hardhiçkë, hardhël, hardhël(ë), hardhëjë (Tosk), hardhucë, hardhushkë
Etymology
editFrom *hardhë,[1] 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”). More at harr.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithardhje f (plural hardhje, definite hardhja, definite plural hardhjet)
Declension
editDeclension of hardhje
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël f. Pl. hardhla 'lizard'. Other variants are hardhje, hardhicë, hardhucë, hardhushkë.”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143