zorrë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džārnā with long *ā < *ē, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Close to Lithuanian žarnà (“gut”), Latvian zarna (“intestines”), Old Norse gǫrn (“gut”).[1] Alternatively from *ǵʰer- (“guts, entrails, bowels, intestine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zorə/

Noun

zorrë f (plural zorrë, definite zorra, definite plural zorrët)

  1. bowel, intestine(s)
    Synonym: (regional) shkota

Declension

Declension of zorrë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zorrë zorra zorrë zorrët
accusative zorrën
dative zorre zorrës zorrëve zorrëve
ablative zorrësh

Derived terms

  • zorrë e hollë
  • zorrë e trashë
  • zorrë-shtojcë
  • zorrëbosh
  • zorrëcë
  • zorrëngushtë
  • zorrëpulë
  • zorrëshpuar
  • zorrëtharë
  • zorrëthatë
  • zorrëz
  • zorrovina
  • zorrovinë
  • zorrovinor

References

  1. ^ garnō in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, V.Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, p.127

Further reading

  • “zorrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “zorrë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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