thembër

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsambrā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂emb- (“bent, crooked”) (compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós), Old Irish camm, Swedish skimpa (“to hop”)).

Noun

thembër f (plural thembra, definite thembra, definite plural thembrat)

  1. heel
  2. (figurative) edge of cake or bread

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thembër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474
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