bërcel
Albanian
Etymology
Possibly a suffixed formation from bardhë (“white”). Çabej suggests a borrowing from Macedonian пченица (pčenica).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəɾˈt͡sɛl/
Noun
bërcel m (indefinite plural bërcele, definite singular bërceli, definite plural bërcelet)
- (botany) einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum)
Synonyms
- tepë
- okër
References
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “bërcel”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 82