qyrë

Albanian

Etymology

A derivative of an unattested verb *qyej (“to blunt”), from Proto-Albanian *kēnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, to cut”). For the semantic development compare Latin obtũsus (“blunt”) from obtundere (“to beat”).[1] See also qytë.

Noun

qyrë f (indefinite plural qyra, definite singular qyra, definite plural qyrat)

  1. rear side (of a knife)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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