garë

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See also: gare, Gare, garé, and gäre

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *garā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to wish, to feel inclination”). Cognate to Ancient Greek χαίρω (khaírō, “to rejoice”), χάρμη (khármē, “joy of battle; battle, fight”).[1]

Noun

garë f (plural gara, definite gara, definite plural garat)

  1. competition, race

Descendants

  • → Italian: gara

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “garë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 110
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