zdramë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From zdraj (“to swell, to make swell”), a prefixal derivative from Proto-Albanian *d(e)ranja (compare Sanskrit दृणाति (dṛṇāti, “to burst”) and Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”)).[1]

Noun

zdramë f (plural zdrama, definite zdrama, definite plural zdramat)

  1. ulcer, sore, wound (on a horse's withers)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zdralë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “zdrëmë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “zdramë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 576
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