kaçurrel

Albanian

Etymology

Orel suggests a derivation from Proto-Slavic *kočura (“hummock”), which is otherwise unattested in South Slavic and poses semantic problems.[1] Topalli argued an internal formation from çurrel (“thin stream of water”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kat͡ʃuˈrɛl/

Adjective

i kaçurrel m (feminine e kaçurrel, masculine plural të kaçurrel)

  1. curly

Derived terms
  • kaçurrela

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
  2. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kaçurrel”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 686
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