abrash

English

Persian rug showing irregular blue colors (abrash)

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish abraş, from Ottoman Turkish آبراش (abraş), from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš, “dappled, mottled”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.bɹəʃ/, /ˈɑ.bɹɑʃ/

Noun

abrash (plural abrashes)

1. A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).

Anagrams

• Basrah, bahars, Rabhas, Bashar, Bahars, sharab, Barash

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾaʃ/
• Rhymes: -aʃ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبراش (abraş).

Alternative forms

• abrazh — dialectal

Adjective

abrash (feminine abrashe) (colloquial)

1. blond (of people)

   Synonym: flokëverdhë

2. freckled (of people)

   Synonym: pikalosh

3. spotted, piebald (of horses)
4. variegated, motley

   Synonyms: i larmë, laraman

5. (figuratively) unfriendly, rude

   Synonyms: i prapë, i vrazhdë

Derived terms

• abrashe
• Abrashi
• abrashka

Noun

abrash m (plural abrashë, definite abrashi, definite plural abrashët) (colloquial)

1. person with freckles
2. spotted, mottled animal
3. unfriendly, rude person

Declension

Declension of abrash

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abrash	abrashi	abrashë	abrashët
accusative		abrashin
dative	abrashi	abrashit	abrashëve	abrashëve
ablative			abrashësh

References

• FMGJSH (2026), “abrásh,~e”, “abrásh,~i¹”
• FGJSSH (1980), page 2ab: “abrásh,~e”
• Mann (1948), page 1a: “abrash”
• Weigand (1914), page 1a: “abrásh”
• Etymological:
  • Çabej SEFSH [1950s–1980], page 9a: “abrásh”
  • Topalli (2017), page 71a: “abrásh”
  • Bufli & Rocchi (2021), page 28: “abrash”

Etymology 2

Surely akin to abresh (“dark-skinned, of a fruit”). Generally considered a semantic development from the above. Bufli & Rocchi (2021) reject this derivation due to semantic discrepancy.

Noun

abrash m (definite abrashi)

1. cockroach (Blatta orientalis)

   Synonyms: kacabu, zhuzhull

Declension

Declension of abrash

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abrash	abrashi	abrashë	abrashët
accusative		abrashin
dative	abrashi	abrashit	abrashëve	abrashëve
ablative			abrashësh

References

• FMGJSH (2026), “abrásh,~i²”
• Etymological:
  • Miklosich TE, vol. 1, page 5: “abraš” → “abraš”
  • Meyer (1891), page 2: “abráš”
  • Bufli & Rocchi (2021), page 28: “abrash”