djersë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • dirsë, ndjersë — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *widertjā, with loss of the first unstressed syllable, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (compare Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), English sweat, Italian sudore).[1] For Albanian d < PIE *sw compare diell.

Noun

djersë f (definite djersa)

  1. sweat
  2. perspiration

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “djersë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
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