zbraz

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • çpraz, shpraz — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian prázan／пра́зан. See also mbraz (“empty, void”).[1]

Verb

zbraz (aorist zbraza, participle zbrazur) (Gheg)

  1. to deplete, empty, void
    Synonym: boshatis
  2. to unload

Derived terms

References
  1. Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 336: “si zbraz pranë mbraz prej serbokr. prazan bullg. prazen.”

Further reading
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “scpraɛ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 134
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 178: “vacuare — Me cpraɛune”
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