ahur

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آخور (ahur, stable, shed, barn), ultimately from Persian آخور (âxor).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ahúr m (plural ahure, definite ahuri, definite plural ahuret)

  1. ground floor of house (for livestock and their feed, wood, dairy products or tools)
  2. cellar
    Synonym: qilar
  3. (archaic) stable, barn, shed
    Synonyms: stallë, stan

Declension

Declension of ahur
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ahur ahuri ahure ahuret
accusative ahurin
dative ahuri ahurit ahureve ahureve
ablative ahuresh

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “ahur”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 32

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
  • ahur”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006