kumri

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gumri

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قمری (kumru), from Old Anatolian Turkish, from Arabic قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy, “laughing dove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumˈɾi/
• Rhymes: -ɾi
• Hyphenation: kum‧rí

Noun

kumri f (plural kumrí, definite kumría, definite plural kumrítë)

1. (zoology) Eurasian collared dove, ringdove

   Synonyms: turtull, guguçe, gugash

2. (figurative, endearing) beautiful maiden

   Synonym: pëllumbeshë — endearing

Further reading

• “kumri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “kumri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kumrí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 225