Drin

drin drîn dřín English Etymology Borrowed from en sq Drin. Proper noun en The longest <<river>> in <<c/Albania>>, flowing about 190 km across the north of the country from the confluence of the rivers Black Drin and White Drin near Kukës, west through the Fierza Reservoir then south through Lake Koman to the town of Vau i Dejës; it then splits into the Large Drin which flows into the river Buna at the Rozafa Castle near Shkodër and the Small Drin which flows into the Gulf of Drin southwest of Lezhë. Translations the longest river in Albania Albanian: sq Drini m definite, sq Drin m indefinite Armenian: hy Դրին Bulgarian: bg Дрин m, bg Дрим m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 德林河 Délínhé German: de Drin m Greek: el Δρίνος m Ancient Greek: grc Δρίλων m Hindi: hi द्रिन Italian: it Drin m Korean: ko 드린강 Latin: la Drinō m Macedonian: mk Дрим m Polish: pl Drin m Russian: ru Дрин m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Дрим m Latin: sh Drim m Anagrams en dinr IDNR NDRI rind Albanian sq:Lumi i +it Etymology 1 From sq ine-pro *Drū To run, flow.Георгиев, Вл., Ив. Гълъбов, Й. Заимов, Ст. Илчев (съставители). Български етимологичен речник, том 1 (А - З). София, Българска академия на науките. Институт за български език. Издателство на Българската академия на науките, 1971. с. 427. The ancient name Drinus has undergone sound changes reaching the current Albanian form Drin through the evolution of Albanian sound changesKatičić, Radoslav (1976). Ancient Languages of the Balkans. Mouton. p. 186Demiraj, Shaban (2006). The origin of the Albanians: linguistically investigated. Academy of Sciences of Albania. Namenforschung : ein internationales Handbuch zur Onomastik. 1. Teilband. Ernst Eichler. Berlin: De Gruyter. 1995. 978-3-11-020342-4. OCLC 435630850. Proper noun m sq the longest <<river>> in <<c/Albania>> the river Drin Declension Etymology 2 From the river sq Drin, from sq xil *Drūn Proper noun m sq male References