prëhën

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gheg variant of Tosk prëhër, prehër. According to Orel from Proto-Albanian *prōjena (“front”), from Proto-Indo-European *prō (“forward, in front of, before”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ, “early in the morning”), Old High German fruo (“id”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹəhən/ (Gheg)
  • IPA(key): /pɾəhən/ (Gheg)

Noun

prëhën m (indefinite plural prëhëna, definite singular prëhëni, definite plural prëhënat)

  1. bosom, lap
  2. apron

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 342-3
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