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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *dzelmā, related to dhallë (“buttermilk”) as per Orel. On the other hand, Demiraj derives it from Proto-Albanian *δem(-) as cognate to Ancient Greek δημός (dēmós, “fat”) and Romanian zeamă (“juice; sauce”), though Orel refutes this on the basis that, if related to the Greek term, the proto-form should have begun with a *d- while the term has a dh-.
Noun
dhjamë m (plural dhjamë, definite dhjami, definite plural dhjamët)
- fat
- Synonym: lyrë
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhjamë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 161