bukur

See also: búkur

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • bukër

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bukura, derivative of *buk- (“lush, lusty”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoHu- (“to grow, swell”), close to Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), compare Icelandic búkur (“torso”), English bouk, German Bauch, Old Czech buj (“mad, foolish”)). Similar sense development as with kolmë. Related to bukël. The Proto-Albanian root probably had a cognate in Dacian.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.kuɾ/

Adjective

i bukur (feminine plural të bukura)

  1. beautiful
    Ai po kërkon një vajzë të bukur.
    He's looking for a beautiful girl.
  2. nice

Derived terms

References
  1. Ion I. Russu, Limba traco-dacilor, 1967, Editura Ştiințifică
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