ajër

See also: ajer

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āēr (“air”), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Topalli posits Italian aria (“air”) as another possible source, considering that the Latin term is already (potentially) borrowed into Albanian as erë (“wind, air, smell”); alternatively, it is a doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈajər/

Noun

ajër m (plural ajra, definite ajri, definite plural ajrat)

1. air
   • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:

     Fluturonjënë për qiell, për ajërit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) environment

Declension

Declension of ajër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ajër	ajri	ajra	ajrat
accusative		ajrin
dative	ajri	ajrit	ajrave	ajrave
ablative			ajrash

Synonyms

• erë

Derived terms

• ajri, ajroj, ajrohet, ajërt

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “ajër”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]
• “ajër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006