Ohrid

Ohrid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Macedonian Охрид (Ohrid), from о- (o-) +‎ хрид (hrid, “mount, hill, elevation”).

It has been proposed by Katičić that the modern name is a modified version of the ancient Greek name, where the transition of "Lychnidus" to "Ohrid" presupposes a characteristic sound development from Albanian. Same development as Nish from Naissos, Shtip from Astibos and Sharr from Scardus, which may have thereby entered Slavic[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒx.ɹɪd/, /ˈəʊx.ɹɪd/

Proper noun

Ohrid

1. A city in southwestern North Macedonia.

Derived terms

• Lake Ohrid

Translations

city in southwestern North Macedonia

Albanian: Ohri f (definite), Ohria f (definite), Ohër f (indefinite) Bulgarian: О́хрид m (Óhrid) Chinese: Mandarin: 奥赫里德 (zh) (Àohèlǐdé) French: Ohrid m German: Ohrid n, Ochrid n Greek: Οχρίδα (el) f (Ochrída), Αχρίδα (el) f (Achrída) Hebrew: אוחריד‎ f (ókhrid) Italian: Ocrida f Korean: 오흐리드 (oheurideu) Macedonian: О́хрид (mk) m (Óhrid) Polish: Ochryda (pl) f Russian: О́хрид (ru) m (Óxrid) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Охрид m Roman: Ohrid (sh) m Slovene: Ohrid m Spanish: Ocrida f Ukrainian: О́хрид m (Óxryd) Urdu: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: Ohrid

References

1. Katičić, Radoslav (1976). Ancient Languages of the Balkans. Mouton. p. 186. →ISBN. On the other hand Niš from Ναϊσσός, Štip from Ἄστιβος, Šar from Scardus, and Ohrid from Lychnidus presuppose the sound development characteristic for Albanian.

Anagrams

• ODIHR