bathë

See also: bathe, Bathe, and Bathé

Albanian

Etymology

Allegedly from Proto-Albanian *batsā, from a root *bʰaḱ- shared with Ancient Greek φακός (phakós, “lentil”). See there for further connections.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaθə/
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [ˈbaːθ]

Noun

bathë f (plural bathë, definite batha, definite plural bathët)

1. fava bean, broad bean (Vicia faba)
2. (dialectal) bean

Derived terms

• bathër, bathëz, bathishtë, bathje, bathore

Further reading

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1378: “la fava” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 24: “faba — baξξa”