vadhë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- vodhë (Gheg)
Etymology
From early Byzantine Greek οἴη (oíē, “sorb apple; service tree”), from Ancient Greek ὄα (óa).[1][2]
Noun
vadhë f (indefinite plural vadha, definite singular vadha)
- sorb apple
- rowan, mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
Hyponyms
- vadhë e butë ‘service tree’ (Sorbus domestica)
- vadhë e egër ‘rowan’
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vadhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 492
- ↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigaitons into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 411
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