Bardhyl

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Albanian

Bardhyli IBardylis I

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis), Βάρδυλλις (Bárdullis), the name of an Illyrian king attested in Ancient Greek sources. The name is widely reinterpreted as bardhë +‎ yll, literally white star, and although connection with bardhë (white) is indeed widely endorsed, similarity with yll (star) is most probably coincidental. See Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis) for further information.

Proper noun

Bardhyl m (definite Bardhyli)

  1. a male given name from Illyrian

Declension

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “bárdhë”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 90
  2. ^ Alexandru Rosetti (1973) Brève histoire de la langue roumaine des origines à nos jours (in French), →DOI, page 52

Further reading

  • Bardhyl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена (in Serbo-Croatian), page 14a