qurra

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • qyrra — archaic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

  1. Akin to Lithuanian šliùrti (“to become dirty”), with the terms sharing a tentative late root Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-r-.[1]
  2. Akin to Lithuanian krèkti (“to coagulate, clot”).[2]
  3. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیر (kir, “dirt”).[3]

Noun

qurra f pl

  1. snot, snivel

Derived terms

  • qurrac
  • qurrak, qyrrak
  • qurraman
  • qurran
  • qurrash, qyrrash
  • qurravec, qyrravec
  • qurroj
  • qurros
  • qyrro

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qurra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1986) “qurra”, in Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 65
  3. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ḱür̄ε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 232

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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