gradinë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gardinë — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian гради́на (gradína), Serbo-Croatian gràdina／гра̀дина, Romanian grădină.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈdinə/
  • Rhymes: -inə

Noun

gradinë f (plural gradina) (regional)

  1. garden, vegetable garden
    Synonym: kopsht
  2. common, wasteland
    Synonym: rrënore
  3. green bank

Derived terms

References
  • “gradin/ë”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019
  • Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “gradinë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 91
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gradin-ar […] -ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 132a
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “град1”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270
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