gradinë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gardinë — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian гради́на (gradína), Serbo-Croatian gràdina / гра̀дина, Romanian grădină.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈdinə/
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

gradinë f (plural gradina) (regional)

1. garden, vegetable garden

   Synonym: kopsht

2. common, wasteland

   Synonym: rrënore

3. green bank

Derived terms

• gradinar

Related terms

• grazhd

References

• “gradin/ë”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “gradinë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 91
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gradin-ar […] -ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 132a
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “град¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270