oborr
Albanian
Alternative forms
- obor, hoborr
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)
- yard, courtyard
- Synonym: kopsht
- square
- Synonym: shesh
- (historical) collective's yard given to a family for personal use
- (collective) court (of a king or emperor)
- oborri mbretëror ― royal court
- palace, court (residence of the sovereign)
Declension
| 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
- ^ 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