bathë

== 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) fava bean, broad bean (Vicia faba) (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”