oborr

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *oborъ (compare Bulgarian обо́р (obór), Serbo-Croatian òbor).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈbor/
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: o‧bórr

Noun

oborr f (plural obórre, definite obórri, definite plural obórret)

  1. yard, courtyard
    Synonym: kopsht
  2. square
    Synonym: shesh
  3. (historical) collective's yard given to a family for personal use
  4. (collective) court (of a king or emperor)
    oborri mbretërorroyal court
  5. palace, court (residence of the sovereign)

Declension

Declension of oborr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative oborr oborri oborre oborret
accusative oborrin
dative oborri oborrit oborreve oborreve
ablative oborresh

Derived terms

  • oborrësi
  • oborrtar
  • oborrtari

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “oborr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 306

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • oborr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “oborr, obor”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 333