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Albanian
Etymology
Unknown. Has been tentatively connected with magar (“donkey”) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”).[1]
Noun
agër m
- (obsolete) donkey, ass
- Synonyms: gomar, magar
1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, page of ms. A: 061r, of ms. B: 071r, lines 35–38:e / ȣ engriti Abɿaami ẽdenatanet: e vu sama / re aћerit tii: e muoɿ dȣ trima meh vetehe / ne- [E u ëngriti Abrāmi ëndënatanet, e vu samarë agërit tī, e muor dy trima me vetëhenë]
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References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2011) “ágër(ë)”, in Nga vepra “Fjalor etimologjik i gjuhës shqipe” (Studime Filologjike), numbers 1–2, page 11f.