bruz

See also: Bruź

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *brudja, from Proto-Indo-European *bhrou-dh-. Cognate with Slavic* brudь 'dirt' and Thracian βρουτος (brytos, “barley beer”)[1].

Adjective

bruz m (feminine bruze)

  1. blue, indigo

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bruz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 38
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