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Albanian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Slavic *marěna (“madder”), which however cannot be found in South Slavic. Alternatively from Italian amarena, regionally marena (“sour cherry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marenë f (plural marena)
- chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marenë
- tamarisk (Tamarix, especially T. parviflora)
- Synonym: brukë
- marena e Francës ― French tamarisk (Tamarix gallica)
- (dialectal) marsh rosemary (Limonium?)
- Synonym: livandë deti
- (dialectal) heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- Synonym: shqopë
Derived terms
References
- “marén/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1058a
- Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “marena”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 210a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “marênë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 263b
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “marenë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 245