sharrë

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Hittite [Term?] (/⁠šarra⁠/, “break, rupture, divide”), Latin serra (“id”), Lithuanian sėris (“filament”).[1] Alternatively borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin serra; compare Aromanian sharã.

Noun

sharrë f (plural sharra, definite sharra, definite plural sharrat)

  1. saw
  2. sawmill
  3. saw-toothed ridge: steep mountain range, hidden ocean reef
  4. (medicine) lockjaw, tetanus

Derived terms
  • sharrë dore

References
  1. “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, pp. 911
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