përç

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian pȑč／пр̏ч, Bulgarian пръч (prǎč).[1]

Noun

përç m (plural përça)

  1. uncastrated billy goat
    Synonym: vargër
  2. bad odour given off by an uncastrated billy goat
    Vjen era përç!
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References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “përç”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319

Further reading
  • “përç”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “përç”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
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