qemer

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • qimer

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كمر (kemer, “belt, girdle; arch, vault”), from Persian کمر (kamar, “belt, girdle”), from Middle Persian 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /⁠kamar⁠/, “vault”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ceˈmeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -meɾ
  • Hyphenation: qe‧mér

Noun

qemer m (plural qemerë, definite qemeri, definite plural qemerët)

  1. archway, vault, vaulting
  2. something arched
  3. arch of foot
  4. waistband, belt
    Synonym: brez
  5. (archaic) ornamental leather or wool money belt

Derived terms

  • qemerli

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qemer”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 372

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “qemer”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qemér”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 413
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