zjarr

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • zjarm, ɛiarm [zjaɾm] zjerëm, zjem (Gheg) [1]
  • ζηᾶρμ [zjaʀm] (Arvanite) [2]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dźerm-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-mós (whence Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Old Armenian ջերմ (ǰerm)), from *gʷʰer- (hot, warm).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zjar/
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

zjarr m (plural zjárre, definite zjárri, definite plural zjárret)

  1. fire
    Near-synonym: flakë
  2. (ethnography) family, house, clan
    Synonyms: familje, shtëpi, fis, farë
  3. (in the singular) fever
    Synonym: ethe
  4. (in the singular, military) fire (a gun or shells)
  5. (in the singular, figurative) passion, desire, fervor
  6. (in the singular, figurative) peak of an activity
  7. (in the singular) in heat (of animals)
    Synonym: afsh
  8. (adjective) uncontrollable, impulsive
  9. (adverb) to express peak quality of a verb or adjective

Declension

Declension of zjarr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zjarr zjarri zjarre zjarret
accusative zjarrin
dative zjarri zjarrit zjarreve zjarreve
ablative zjarresh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 151, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 129, by Markos Botsaris
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “zjarm”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 429

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • zjarr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “zjarr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]