kumri

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قمری (kumru), from Old Anatolian Turkish, from Arabic قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy, “laughing dove”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kumˈɾi/
  • Rhymes: -ɾi
  • Hyphenation: kum‧rí

Noun

kumrí f (plural kumrí, definite kumría, definite plural kumrítë)

  1. (zoology) Eurasian collared dove, ringdove
    Synonyms: turtull, guguçe, gugash
  2. (figurative, endearing) beautiful maiden
    Synonym: pëllumbeshë — endearing

Declension

Declension of kumri
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kumri kumria kumri kumritë
accusative kumrinë
dative kumrie kumrisë kumrive kumrive
ablative kumrish

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “kumri”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 273

Further reading

  • “kumri”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “kumrí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 225
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