qyrë

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Albanian

Etymology

A derivative of an unattested verb *qyej (to blunt), from Proto-Albanian *kēnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (to scratch, to cut). For the semantic development compare Latin obtũsus (blunt) from obtundere (to beat).[1] See also qytë.

Noun

qyrë f (plural qyra, definite qyra, definite plural qyrat)

  1. blunt edge (of a knife)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qyrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364