avdes

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (abdest) from Persian آبدست (âbdast), compound of آب (âb, “water”) and دست (dast, “hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [avdɛs]

Noun

avdes m (plural avdesa, definite avdesi, definite plural avdesat) [1]

  1. abdest

References

  1. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “avdes”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 6

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “avdes”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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