pjerr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pera, cognate to Lithuanian periù, perti (“to strike”), Proto-Slavic *pьrǫ (“to press”).

Verb

pjerr (aorist porra, participle pjerrë)

1. to bend, incline

Derived terms

• pjerk
• pjerrtas

Related terms

• pjetë
• prier

Further reading

• Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 253