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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عمر (ʼümr, ʼömür).
Pronunciation
Noun
ymër m (definite ymri) (colloquial)
- lifespan, life (of humans)
- Synonyms: jetë, të jetuar
Derived terms
References
- “ým/ër,~ri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980, page 2204b
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “ymër”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 519
- Meyer, G. (1891) “umɛr”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 457