bërllog

Albanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian brlog (“dregs; lair”), from Proto-Slavic *bьrlogъ (“den, cave”).[1] Compare Bulgarian бърлога (bǎrloga), Romanian bârlog (“den”), Hungarian barlang (“cave, den”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəɾˈɫɔ̯ɡ/

Noun

bërllog m (plural bërllogje, definite bërllogu, definite plural bërllogjet)

  1. (informal) trash, garbage (chiefly Kosovo Albanian)
  2. hull, husk, dregs

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References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “bërllog”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, page 103
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