pjerdh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • pordh

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *perda, from Proto-Indo-European *pérdetor. Cognate with Ancient Greek πέρδομαι (pérdomai), English fart.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pjeɾð]

Verb

pjerdh (aorist pordha, participle pjerdhur)

  1. to fart

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 233.

Further reading

  • pjerdh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “pjerdh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]