murrlan

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Orel, the form murrë ~ murrâ is borrowed with an assimilation of the initial b- from Latin boreanus (“Borean”), an adjectival formation of Latin boreās (“north wind”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /murˈlan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: murr‧lán

Noun

murrlan m (definite murrlani) (uncountable)

  1. strong north wind, cold wind, gale
    Synonym: veri

Declension

Declension of murrlan
singular
indefinite definite
nominative murrlan murrlani
accusative murrlanin
dat./abl. murrlani murrlanit

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “murrë ~ murrâ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 279

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “murrlan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “murlâ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 300
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