state, power (a powerful country) · globus cruciger, orb (a globe with a cross used as a symbol of royal power)
çekim: çoğul держа́вы · tamlayan держа́вы
eş: страна, государство, царство, империя
köken: First attested in 1344. Inherited from Old East Slavic дьржава (dĭržava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava. Cognates include Ukrainian держа́ва (deržáva, “strength; estate; state (government), power”), Belarusian дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva, “state (government)”), Old Church Slavonic дрьжава (drĭžava), дръжава (drŭžava), Bulgarian държа́ва (dǎržáva, “state (government)”), Macedonian држава (država, “state…
köken: From Middle Dutch hoevel, huevel, hovel, huffel, from Old Dutch huvil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”), see also Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip”), *hufą (“elevated place, hill”). Cognate with Middle Low German hovel, Old High German hubil, Middle High German hübel, dialectal German Hübel, Luxembourgish Hiwwel. More distantly related…
apple (the fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating) · ellipsis of jabłko królewskie (“globus cruciger”) · synonym of rzepa (“kneecap”)
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kasa, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Swedish kasi, Swedish kase (“heap, collection of something”), Old Norse kǫs (“heap, pile”)), from Proto-Germanic *kasō.
köken: Uncertain. Probably of Slavic origin, compare Proto-Slavic *mogyla (“sepulchral cairn”), or an expressive creation based on the root moc-. The word found in Slavic languages seems itself to be of foreign origin. There have been attempts to link it to a Gepid word, but this is unlikely. Compare also Albanian gamulë, and Romanian măgură.
Când ridic un teanc, trag cu ochiul. — Yığını kaldırdığımda bakarım.
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô. Compare French motte.
köken: From Middle Welsh cruc, from Proto-Brythonic *krʉg, from Proto-Celtic *krouk- (“heap”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (“to heap up”), shared with Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”), Lithuanian kruvà (“heap”). Cognate with Old Irish crúach (“stack; mountain, hill”).
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto altaĵo Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. ▲ Late Latin -ittus Italian -ettobor. Esperanto -et- Esperanto altaĵeto From altaĵo + -et-.
Samuel Meyer (translator), Vojaĝo interne de mia ĉambro (Voyage autour de ma chambre) by Xavier de Maistre, Chapter 11,
Edwin Grobe (translator), “La Partnero de Tenesio” (“Tennessee’s Partner”) by Bret Harte,