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Albanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *smeḱr-u or a similar variant of original *smóḱwr̥ (“beard; chin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mjekër f (plural mjekra, definite mjekra)
- chin (lower part of the face)
- beard (of humans or animals, e.g. goats)
Declension
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References
- “mjekër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1155a
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “zama(n)kur”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1029f.
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mjekër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 269f.
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 273
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “smek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 968
- Meyer, G. (1891) “mjekrɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 282