dordolec

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • dozhdole, dozhdolec, dobërdolë, dobërdole, dobedole

Etymology

From Macedonian додола (dodola, “rainmaker”) + -ec; variants blended with дожд (dožd, “rain”) and добар (dobar, “good, kind”).[1][2]

Noun

dordolec m (indefinite plural dordolecë, definite singular dordoleci, definite plural dordolecët)

  1. scarecrow
  2. (ethnology) boy wearing fern and hellebore leaves and sprinkled with water in a ceremony to attract rain
  3. (figuratively) laughing stock

Synonyms
  • (scarecrow): gogolesh, surrat, vovë
  • (boy in rainmaking ceremony): peperunë

References
  1. Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 214.
  2. Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume I. Lehnwörter, München: Verlag Otto Sagner, page 65.
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