thembër
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *tsambrā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂emb- (“bent, crooked”) (compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós), Old Irish camm, Swedish skimpa (“to hop”)).[1]
Noun[edit]
thembër f (plural thembra, definite thembra, definite plural thembrat)
- heel
- (figurative) edge of cake or bread
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thembër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474