badër

See also: bader, Bader, and Bäder

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • badhër, bathër

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bāstrā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes- (to blow), compare Sanskrit भस्त्रा (bhástrā, bellows).[1] Alternatively from bardhë (white).[2]

Noun

badër f (plural badra, definite badra, definite plural badrat)

  1. asphodel (Asphodelus)

Declension

Declension of badër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative badër badra badra badrat
accusative badrën
dative badre badrës badrave badrave
ablative badrash

Synonyms

  • presh i egër

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “badër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “badër”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 82