avlami

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian vëllam.

Noun

avlami (plural avlameanj)

  1. blood brother
    Synonym: fãrtat
    • they want to unite by the bonds of brotherhood, and declare themselves vlamia.]
  • [idem, footnote:
    J’ignore d’où vient le mot Vlam et Vlamia au pluriel []
    I do not know where the word vlam, and vlamia in the plural, comes from.]
  • References

    • Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “avlami”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 165a
    • Papahagi, T. (1974) “avlámĭ”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 245