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krye

Pronunciation: /ˈkɾye/

“krye” is an Albanian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. head, cranium
  2. brains
  3. life
  4. top or main part of an object
  5. spring of a river
  6. beginning or start of something
  7. honorable seat or place
  8. most important person in a group
  9. head (of cattle, livestock)
  10. chapter
  11. leader

Etymology

From Common Albanian *krœ̄n, with lengthening of vowel before the final *-n, from *krœn, with an apocoped ending from an earlier Common Albanian *krœni. This was inherited from Proto-Albanian *kroni, with i-umlaut, from an older *krā̊niyə. This follows Pre-Proto-Albanian *krā́niyàd < *krāniyan < *kraʰániya-, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sóniyos (“skull, head”). Compare Ancient Greek…

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