shporr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pāra. Cognate to Ancient Greek περάω (peráō, to penetrate), Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, bring over, save).[1]

Verb

shporr (aorist shporra, participle shporrur)

  1. (transitive) to move away, drive away

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shporr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 431

Further reading

  • shporr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shporr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]