Bardhyl

Albanian

Bardhyli IBardylis I

Alternative forms

  • Bardhyll
  • Bardhil, Bardhill (dialectal)
  • Bardhul, Bardhull (dialectal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis), Βάρδυλλις (Bárdullis), the name of an Illyrian king. Less likely a direct continuation thereof. The reinterprerpretation as bardhë + yll, literally white star, is most likely just a folk etymology.[1] Ultimately sharing its components with other given names such as Bardh and Yllbardhë.

Proper noun

Bardhyl m (definite Bardhyli)

  1. a male given name from Illyrian
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) white star, icon

Declension

References

  1. Stuart Edward Mann (1977) An Albanian historical grammar, Buske, →ISBN, page iii, →ISBN

Further reading

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