naforë

Borrowed from Greek αναφορά (anaforá), ναφορά (naforá). Compare Romanian anaforă, naforă, Aromanian anafurã, nafurã, fanfurã, Serbo-Croatian nàfora / на̀фора, Macedonian нафора (nafora), Bulgarian на́фора (náfora).

• IPA^(key): /naˈfoɾə/
• Rhymes: -oɾə

naforë f (plural nafora, definite nafora, definite plural naforat) (Byzantine Rite)

1. anaphora (part of the mass)
2. host, communion wafer

   Synonyms: meshë, mblatë; oste (Roman Rite)

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1196a
• Çabej, E. (2002) “naforë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes VI: N–Rr, Tirana, page 8ab
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “naf-atore […] -orë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 303a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “naforɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 296