breshkë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • breçkë

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *brosca, or *broscus, broxae (“frog”) (compare Romanian broască, Old French bruesche, Milanese Lombard brosco), from Ionic Ancient Greek βρόθακος (bróthakos).

Noun

breshkë f (indefinite plural breshka, definite singular breshka, definite plural breshkat)

  1. tortoise
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