mjekër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mjekërr
• mjekrë — earlier
• mnjekrë — Arvanitika

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *smeḱr-u or a similar variant of original *smóḱwr̥ (“beard; chin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjekəɾ/
• Rhymes: -ekəɾ

Noun

mjekër f (plural mjekra, definite mjekra)

1. chin (lower part of the face)
2. beard (of humans or animals, e.g. goats)

Declension

Declension of mjekër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjekër	mjekra	mjekra	mjekrat
accusative		mjekrën
dative	mjekre	mjekrës	mjekrave	mjekrave
ablative			mjekrash

Derived terms

• mjekërbardhë
• mjekërborë
• mjekërbuall
• mjekërbutë
• mjekërcjap
• mjekërdendur
• mjekërdhizë
• mjekërfshesë
• mjekërgjatë
• mjekërkuq
• mjekëror
• mjekërosh
• mjekërshtëllungë
• mjekërthinjur
• mjekërzi
• mjekrezë
• mjekrosh

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1155a
• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “zama(n)kur”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1029f.
• Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mjekër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 269f.
• Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[2] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 273
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 968
• Meyer, G. (1891), “mjekrɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 282