shparg

Albanian

Etymology

From Late Latin sparagus, from classical asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), a variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpaɾɡ/

Noun

shparg m (plural shpargje, definite shpargu, definite plural shpargjet)

  1. asparagus

Derived terms

  • shpargull

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “shparg”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1407
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