abrash
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Turkish abraş, from Ottoman Turkish ابراش, from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš, “dappled, mottled”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.bɹəʃ/, /ˈɑ.bɹɑʃ/
=== Noun ===
abrash (plural abrashes)
A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
=== Anagrams ===
Basrah, bahars, Rabhas, Bashar, Bahars, sharab, Barash
== Albanian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابراش (abraş), from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš). Compare Romanian abraș.
==== Alternative forms ====
abrazh
==== Adjective ====
abrash (feminine abrashe) (colloquial, often nominalised)
blond (of people)
freckled (of people)
spotted, piebald (of horses)
variegated, motley
Synonyms: i larmë, laraman
(figuratively) rude, unfriendly
Synonyms: i prapë, i vrazhdë
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Uncertain. Likely a variant of abresh (“dark-skinned (of a fruit)”). Possibly from above, though that would be semantically difficult.
==== Noun ====
abrash m (definite abrashi)
cockroach
Synonyms: furrtare, kacabu
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“abrash”, in FMGSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026