zorrë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džārnā with long *ā < *ē, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Close to Lithuanian žarnà (“gut”), Latvian zarna (“intestines”), Old Norse gǫrn (“gut”). Alternatively from *ǵʰer- (“guts, entrails, bowels, intestine”).

Noun

zorrë f (plural zorrë, definite zorra, definite plural zorrët)

1. bowel, intestine(s)

   Synonym: (regional) shkota

Declension

Declension of zorrë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zorrë	zorra	zorrë	zorrët
accusative		zorrën
dative	zorre	zorrës	zorrëve	zorrëve
ablative			zorrësh

Further reading

• “zorrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “zorrë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]