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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *serpena, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-en-o-s, from the root *serp- (“to crawl”). Compare with Latin serpens, Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón) and Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
gjarpër m (plural gjarpërínj, definite gjárpri, definite plural gjarpërínjtë)
- snake (Serpentes)
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Further reading
- “gjarpër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006