parzëm

Albanian

Etymology

Metathesised form of parmëz (“fowl breastbone”).[1][2] Traditionally connected with Proto-Slavic *pь̀rsь (“breast”),[3][4] though this raises many formal problems.

Noun

parzëm f (plural parzma, definite parzma)

  1. chest, breast
    Synonyms: kraharor, gjoks

Derived terms

References
  1. Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 12–13
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “parzëm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 311–312
  3. Meyer, G. (1891), “parmzɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 322
  4. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*pérk̂us”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 81

Further reading
  • “parzëm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “parzëm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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