dorbëri

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

  1. herd of cows

References

  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