çerdhe

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural form of *çerdhë, either from ç- +‎ herdhe, from dialectal çuherdhe (cf. çubardhë, çafurde etc.), attested in Gazulli as quherdhe, from Proto-Albanian *škerdā, earlier *skarda, possibly reflected in the first part of the Illyrian proper name Skerdilaidas.

Noun

çerdhe f (plural çerdhet, definite çerdhja)

1. nest
2. (figurative) family home
3. day nursery, nursery school, daycare
4. burrow (of small animals)
5. (military) gun emplacement, gunners’ nest
6. (linguistics) word family
7. brood or litter of domestic animals

Synonyms

• fole, herdhe

Hyponyms

• çerdhe fëmijësh (“nursery school, daycare center”)
• çerdhe grerëzash (“hornet’s nest”)
• çerdhe zjarri (military, foxhole)
• çerdhe zogjsh (“bird’s nest”)

Derived terms

• çerdhukël