Dardania

English

Etymology

From Albanian dardhë (“pear”), from Proto-Albanian *dardā, deverbative of *darda (“to spill, pour”) whence modern derdh.[1]

Proper noun

Dardania

  1. A region inhabited by the Dardani in classical antiquity.

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 121
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