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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek πετρίτης (petrítis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /petˈɾit/
- Rhymes: -it
- Hyphenation: pet‧rít
Noun
petrit m (plural petritë, definite petriti, definite plural petritët) (zoology)
- hawk, goshawk, falcon
- Synonyms: fajkua, skifter, gjeraqinë, gjerak
- eagle
- Synonyms: shqiponjë, shqipe
- kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Synonyms: sokol, shahin, kaçubet, skifter, fajkua
- buzzard
- Synonyms: hutë, orli
- (figurative, also adjective) valiant, brave, valorous
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Further reading
- “petrit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “petrit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “petrít”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN
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