petrit

Borrowed from Greek πετρίτης (petrítis).

• IPA^(key): /petˈɾit/
• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: pet‧rít

petrit m (plural petritë, definite petriti, definite plural petritët) (zoology)

1. hawk, goshawk, falcon

   Synonyms: fajkua, skifter, gjeraqinë, gjerak

2. eagle

   Synonyms: shqiponjë, shqipe

3. kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

   Synonyms: sokol, shahin, kaçubet, skifter, fajkua

4. buzzard

   Synonyms: hutë, orli

5. (figurative, also adjective) valiant, brave, valorous

• petrit minjngrënës (“common buzzard”)
• petrit bishtbardhë (“long-legged buzzard”)
• petrit peshkngrënës (“osprey”)
• petrit grenxangrënës (“honey buzzard”)

• “petrit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “petrit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “petrít”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
• Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN