ndrikull

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Albanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrīcula in the sense of early Medieval Latin mātrīna.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ndrikull f (plural ndrikulla, definite ndrikulla, definite plural ndrikullat)

  1. midwife
  2. witness (in marriage)
  3. mother of child who gets his/her first haircut
  4. woman who takes care of bride on wedding day
  5. (derogatory) old, mouthy and gossipy woman

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ndrikull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 288