Dardani

English Noun p The Dardanian people. Italian Etymology Patronymic surname from the personal name it Dardano. Proper noun mfbysense it patronymics Further reading dardani Latin Etymology From or related to la sqj-pro *dardā pear, pear tree, from sqj-pro *darda to spill, pour. In 1854, Johann Georg von Hahn was the first to propose that the names Dardani (de Dardaner) and Dardania were related to the Albanian word sq dάρδε̱ -α pear; pear-tree, accusative sq dάρδε̱ -νε̱ (cf. modern sq dardhë pear; pear-tree, stemming from la sqj-pro *dardā).Johann Georg von Hahn, Albanesische Studien, 1854, p. 236 (in the 1. Heft)Orel Vladimir E. https://books.google.com/books?id=yJQYAQAAIAAJ Albanian Etymological Dictionary 1998 Brill 978-90-04-11024-3 56Wilkes John https://books.google.com.au/books?id=l8q0QgAACAAJ&dq=Wilkes%20the%20illyrians&source=gbs_book_other_versions The Illyrians Wiley 1992 9780631146711 244 "Names of individuals peoples may have been formed in a similar fashion, Taulantii from ‘swallow’ (cf. the Albanian tallandushe) or Enchelei the ‘eel-men’ and Chelidoni the ‘snail-men’. The name of the Delmatae appears connected with the Albanian word for ‘sheep’ ("delmë") and the Dardanians with for ‘pear’ ("dardhë")." This is suggested by the fact that toponyms related to fruits or animals are not unknown in the region (cf. Alb. dele/delmë "sheep" supposedly related to Dalmatia, Ulcinj in Montenegro < Alb. ujk, ulk "wolf" etc.).Elsie, Robert (1998): "Dendronymica Albanica: A survey of Albanian tree and shrub names". Zeitschrift für Balkanologie 34: 163-200 online paper A common Albanian toponym with the same root is Dardha, found in various parts of Albania. Dardha in Puka is recorded as Darda in a 1671 ecclesiastical report and on a 1688 map by a Venetian cartographer, and is also the name of an Albanian tribes Albanian tribe in the northern part of Dibër (municipality) Dibër.Elsie Robert 2015 The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture 310 London and New York I.B. Tauris 9781784534011 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bbeKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 Proper noun Dardanī<2.loc> m A Thraco-Illyrian tribe who inhabited a region in the Balkans. Declension Dardanī<2.loc> References la Tribes