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Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German dorf, thorph, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“room, dwelling, settlement”). Cognates include German Dorf, Yiddish דאָרף (dorf), Dutch dorp, Old Norse þorp, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀 (þaurp). Also Latin trabs (“beam, rafter, roof, vessel”), Welsh tref (“town, home”), Albanian trevë (“country, region, village”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Duaf n (plural Deafer, diminutive Deafl or Deaferl) (Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
- village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)