zgjyrë

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed formation of ngjyrë (“color”), from ngjyej (“to color, to smear”). Alternatively a direct borrowing from Latin scōria.[1]

Noun

zgjyrë f (plural zgjyra, definite zgjyra, definite plural zgjyrat)

  1. rust; dirt
  2. scoria

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 33
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