harmoç

Albanian

Etymology

Derivative of harmoj (“to crumble, eat away little by little”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɾˈmɔt͡ʃ/

Noun

harmoç m (plural harmoçë, definite harmoçi, definite plural harmoçët)

  1. mortar mixed with small rock fragments from a wall
  2. (botany) stone pine (Pinus pinea)
  3. (regional) hollow in a creek bed, part of a brook where the water pools

Synonyms
  • (stone pine): pishë e butë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “harmoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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