bardhë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bardza, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰór(h₁)ǵos < *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate to Illyrian *Bardillis (attested in Ancient Greek as Βάρδυλλις (Bárdullis), Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis), the name of an Illyrian king); preserved as Bardhyl, Bardhyll in Albanian.[1][2][3][4][5] Compare English bright, Lithuanian brékšti (“to dawn”), Slovene brẹ̑sk (“dawn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɾðə/ (Standard Albanian)
  • IPA(key): /baːɹð/, /baːɹθ/ (Gheg dial.)

Adjective

i bardhë m (feminine e bardhë, masculine plural të bardhë)

  1. white

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • zbardh
  • zbërdhul
  • zbërdhulët
  • zbardhëllemë

Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: барз (barz), ба́рзав (bárzav), бардз (bardz), ба́рдзав (bárdzav), бардзи́в (bardzív, “neither white nor colourful, greyish and partially white”)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bȁrz (“a goat with white stripes”), adjectives bàrzan, bȁrzav, bȁrzast (“neither white nor colourful, greyish and partially white”)
  • → Turkish: barza

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 238
  2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 206
  3. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 220
  4. Pavle Ivić, 1985 Zbornik Šeste jugoslovenske onomastičke konferencije: Donji Milanovac, p. 59
  5. Alexandru Rosetti, 1973 Brève histoire de la langue roumaine des origines à nos jours, p. 52
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