zemër
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See also: zëmër
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Orel, “A difficult word without any reliable explanation.” Others have suggested Proto-Albanian *ghemen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”), cognate to Ancient Greek γαμέω (gaméō, “marry”), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zāmaoiia, “brother of son-in-law”), Sanskrit जामा (jāmā, “daughter-in-law”) but with insurmountable semantic problems.
Pronunciation
Noun
zemër f (plural zemra, definite zemra, definite plural zemrat)
Declension
Declension of zemër
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 149, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zemër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 520