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Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *vydra. Doublet of lundër.
Noun
vidër f (plural vidra)
- otter (Lutra lutra)
- Synonyms: lundërz, lundër
Alternative forms
References
- “víd/ër,~ra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2162a
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 279f.
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vidër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
Etymology 2
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Noun
vidër f (plural vidra)
- stripe or blotch of a different colour on an animal's fur or a bird's feathers
- Synonym: larë
Derived terms
References
- “víd/ër,~ra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2162a