Shpirag

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Albanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Mentioned the first time as toponym by Gjon Buzuku, Shpinager - from Albanian shpin(ë) - back, and ager - donkey, Shpiragër due to n->r transformation in later centuries, more recently truncated as Shpirag.

Proper noun

[edit]

Shpirag

  1. the brother of Tomor in Albanian mythology
[edit]