tjerr

Albanian

Etymology 1

From the verb (below).

Noun

tjerr m

  1. worsted, flax yarn spun with a spindle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *terka, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‘twist’ (compare Latin torquere, German drechseln ‘to turn wood’, Greek αδράκτι (adrákti) ‘spindle’).

Verb

tjerr (first-person singular past tense tora, participle tjerrë)

  1. to spin

Conjugation

Synonyms
  • rrotulloj
Derived terms
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