qurra

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • qyrra — archaic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

  1. Akin to Lithuanian šliùrti (“to become dirty”), with the terms sharing a tentative late root Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-r-.[1]
  2. Akin to Lithuanian krèkti (“to coagulate, clot”).[2]
  3. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیر (kir, “dirt”).[3]

Noun

qurra f pl

  1. (dated) snot, snivel

Declension

Declension of qurra
plurale tantum
indefinite definite
nominative / accusative qurra qurrat
dative qurrave qurrave
ablative qurrash

Derived terms

  • qurrac
  • qurrak, qyrrak
  • qurraman
  • qurran
  • qurrash, qyrrash
  • qurravec, qyrravec
  • qurroj
  • qurros
  • qyrro

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “qurra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1986), “qurra”, in Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 65
  3. ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “ḱür̄ε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 232

Further reading

  • “qurra”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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