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Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A contraction of pëllumb e bardhë.[1]
Noun
lumbardhë f (plural lumbardha) (Arbëresh, Arvanitika)
- female pigeon, dove
- Synonym: pëllumbeshë
1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, lines 4–5:por lumbaarδ e Anacreontit / ronej Teemp e mocὺme- [por llumbardhë e Anakreontit rronej Tempë e moçëme]
- but Anacreon's dove still lived in Tempe
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “2) ľumbarδε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 251
Further reading
- “lumbardhë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “lumbardhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Greek λουμπάρδα (loumpárda).
Noun
lumbardhë f (plural lumbardha) (archaic)
- cannon, bombard
- Synonyms: bombardë, top
- bomb
- Synonyms: bombë, predhë
Further reading
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 8: “bombarda — lumbarξa”
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “lumb- […] -ardhë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 252b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “1) ľumbarδε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 251