urtë

Albanian

Etymology

Based on an unattested *ur +‎ -të, from Proto-Albanian *wara, related to Latin vērus (“true”), Old Irish fír (“id”), Old High German wār (“id”).[1]

Adjective

urtë (feminine urtëe)

  1. sage, wise, silent

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “urtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
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