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Albanian
Etymology
Unclear. Might be related to Proto-Hellenic *āwḗr (“morning mist”) as Proto-Albanian *awuòr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). See Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) for more.
Adverb
fjur
- aloft
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian ciuri (once fiuri), from Latin flōs. The singular in -a and the collective are backformations from the plural.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjur m (collective, singulative fjura, plural fjuri, paucal fjuriet)
- flower (kind of plant)
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- flower, blossom (reproductive structure on plants)
- Synonyms: (dated) żahar, (archaic) nwar