pirë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pirā, a zero grade form related to Greek πείρω (peíro, “to bore”), Proto-Slavic *perjǫ.[1]

Noun

pirë f (plural pira, definite pira, definite plural pirat)

  1. pore

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pirë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 327
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