bërllog

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bërllok (Standard)
• bërdhog

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian brlog (“dregs; lair”), from Proto-Slavic *bьrlogъ (“den, cave”). Compare Bulgarian бърлога (bǎrloga), Romanian bârlog (“den”), Hungarian barlang (“cave, den”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəɾˈɫɔ̯ɡ/

Noun

bërllog m (plural bërllogje, definite bërllogu, definite plural bërllogjet)

1. (informal) trash, garbage (chiefly Kosovo Albanian)
2. hull, husk, dregs

Synonyms

• mbeturinë, pleh, llom

Derived terms

• bërdhog
• bërllogxhi
• bëllogxhi