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bardhë

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɾðə/

“bardhë” is an Albanian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. white
  2. blank, unwritten
  3. lucky, fortunate
  4. pure, clean, immaculate

noun

  1. white animal
  2. fair-skinned girl
  3. white (colour)
  4. white (of the eye). sclera
  5. egg white, albumen
  6. good deed
  7. Characters from folklore resembling girls living in forests, often mischievous when angry.

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bardza, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórh₁ǵos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to shine, whiten”), whence also Lithuanian brėkšti (“to dawn”), Proto-Slavic *brězgъ (“dawn, daybreak”), Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”), Persian برازیدن (barâzidan, “to beautify”), Sanskrit भ्राजते (bhrājate, “he shines”) or Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhna, “yellowish, ruddy”). Possibly…

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