djegqerrës

Albanian

Etymology

From djeg +‎ qerre, literally "month in which wagons burn", of unknown meaning. Note archaic Serbian and Macedonian коложег (koložeg), also a compound of коло (kolo, “wheel”) + жег (žeg, “warmth”), which may point to an old regional isogloss.

Proper noun

djegqérrës m

1. (archaic) December, January

   Synonyms: dhjetor, janar, kallnor

2. winter

   Synonym: dimër

Declension

Declension of djegqerrës

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	djegqerrës	djegqerrësi
accusative		djegqerrësin
dative/ablative	djegqerrësi	djegqerrësit

Further reading

• “djegqerrës”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026