dorbëri

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from *torbar, based on torbë (“shepherd's bag; knapsack”),[1] or from a phonetic transformation *dobëri, from Proto-Slavic *dobro (“property”).[2] Compare Old Armenian տուար (tuar), Proto-Germanic *tībrą (whence Old English tifer, Old High German zebar (“sacrificial animal”)).

Noun[edit]

dorbëri f (plural dorbëri, definite dorbëria, definite plural dorbërit)

  1. herd of cows

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.133
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dorbëri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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