dordolec
Albanian
Alternative forms
- dozhdole, dozhdolec, dobërdolë, dobërdole, dobedole
Etymology
From Macedonian додола (dodola, “rainmaker”) + -ec; variants blended with дожд (dožd, “rain”) and добар (dobar, “good, kind”).[1][2]
Noun
dordolec m (indefinite plural dordolecë, definite singular dordoleci, definite plural dordolecët)
- scarecrow
- (ethnology) boy wearing fern and hellebore leaves and sprinkled with water in a ceremony to attract rain
- (figuratively) laughing stock
Synonyms
- (scarecrow): gogolesh, surrat, vovë
- (boy in rainmaking ceremony):peperunë
References
- Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 214.
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 65.