afër

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See also: afer and Afer

Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *apsera or *asper(a), representing a contamination of *aps, reflected in Greek ἄψ (áps, backwards), a variant of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *apo- (off, away), with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *apero-. Cognate to Sanskrit अपर (ápara, posterior, later, following), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, after), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼 (apara, later, after), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀 (apara, more behind, later).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈəɾ/ (Standard Albanian, Tosk)
  • IPA(key): /afˈəɹ/ (Gheg)

Preposition

afër (+ablative)

  1. at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “afër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1