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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زهر (zehr).
Pronunciation
Noun
zeher m (plural zehere)
- (colloquial) poison; venom
- Synonym: helm
Derived terms
References
- “zeher”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2222b
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zeher”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 526
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “zeher”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 577a
- Meyer, G. (1891) “zeher”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482
- Jungg, G. (1895) “ɛeher”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 149a
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زهر (zehr).
Noun
zȅher m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏хер) (archaic, poetic, regional)
- poison; venom
- Synonym: òtrov
- bitterness
Derived terms
References
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 649