bardhë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *barj́a-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰór(h₁)ǵos < *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to gleam, shine”).[1] Compare English bright, Lithuanian brékšti (“to dawn”), Slovene brẹ̑sk (“dawn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baːɾð/

Adjective

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

  1. white

Antonyms

Descendants

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 238.
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