bujar

See also: Bujar

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈjaɾ/
  • Homophone: Bujar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ, “boyar”), Serbo-Croatian boljar (“boyar”) and Bulgarian боляр (boljar, “boyar”). Ultimately from Bulgar.[1][2] The adjective, a derivate of buj, was likely influenced by the Slavic word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈjaɾ/
  • Homophone: Bujar

Noun

bujar m (plural bujarë, definite bujari, definite plural bujarët)

  1. boyar, nobleman
    Synonym: fisnik

Declension

Declension of bujar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bujar bujari bujarë bujarët
accusative bujarin
dative bujari bujarit bujarëve bujarëve
ablative bujarësh

Etymology 2

From buj (“to lodge, to host”) +‎ -ar.

Adjective

bujar (feminine bujare)

  1. generous, honorable, ungrudging

Derived terms

  • bujari, bujarësi, bujarisht, bujaroj

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “bujar”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 263
  2. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “bujar”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, page 113

Further reading

  • “bujar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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