karbë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kar(i)bā, related to Lithuanian kárti (to hang), kaběti (id), Proto-Slavic *kobьcь (vulture).[1]

Noun

karbë f (plural karba, definite karba, definite plural karbat)

  1. vulture

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “karbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 171