pluhur

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • pluhun (Gheg)

Etymology

From *plëhur, from pleh.[1]

Noun

pluhur m (definite pluhuri)

  1. dust, powder
  2. (figurative) something that can hinder one's actions and sap one's vitality

Hyponyms
  • pluhur i kashtës ‘chaff’
  • pluhur lulesh ‘pollen’
  • pluhur sharre, pluhur druri ‘sawdust’

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 335.
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