Albanian

Noun

çerdhe f (indefinite plural çerdhet, definite singular çerdhja)

1. nest
2. (figuratively) 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

References