një

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See also: nje, -nje, and nje-

Albanian

Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : një
    Ordinal : parë

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Albanian nja, from Proto-Albanian *ainja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.[1]

Pronunciation

Numeral

një

  1. one

Article

një

  1. the indefinite article; a, an
    Dua një gotë ujë.
    I want a glass of water.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “një”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 304-305