përç

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian pȑčпр̏ч, Bulgarian пръч (prǎč).[1]

Noun[edit]

përç m (plural përça)

  1. uncastrated billy goat
    Synonym: vargër
  2. bad odour given off by an uncastrated billy goat
    Vjen era përç!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “përç”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319

Further reading[edit]

  • “përç”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “përç”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]