zyrë

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Latin usūra. Alternatively borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (yzer).

Noun

zyrë f (plural zyra, definite zyra, definite plural zyrat)

1. office, bureau
2. (archaic) urgent matter, necessity, business

Declension

Declension of zyrë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	zyrë	zyra	zyra	zyrat
accusative			zyrën
dative	zyreje	zyrave	zyrës	zyrave
ablative		zyrash

Derived terms

• zyrtar
  • zyrtarë
  • jozyrtar
  • zyrtarisht
    • jozyrtarisht

References

• Luka, David (2002) “Ndihmesa e N. Gazullit për etimologjinë e gjuhës shqipe”, in Studime Filologjike
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “zyr-e […] zyrë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 585

Further reading

• “zyrë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980