probatin

Albanian

Alternative forms

• probotin, probotim, pobratim, probatim, pobrotî — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *pobratimъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾobaˈtin/
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

probatin m (plural probatinë, definite probatini, definite plural probatinët)

1. blood brother

   Synonym: vëllam

2. (figurative) close friend, companion

Derived terms

• pobratinë
• pobrotinohem
• probateshë

References

• “probatín,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1550b
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “probatim”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 214
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “pobrotî […] probatín”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 403a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “προbοτῖ-νι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 345
• Meyer, G. (1891) “probotím”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 354