bajzë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • balzë

Etymology

From dialectal balzë, from Proto-Albanian *baldzā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolgʷ-. Compare Latin fulica.[1]

Noun

bajzë f (plural bajza, definite bajza, definite plural bajzat)

  1. coot, kind of water-fowl

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bajzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
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