njeri

Albanian

Etymology

From Old Albanian njer, from Proto-Albanian *nera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Closely related to Messapic 𐌍𐌄𐌓 (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲɛˈɾi]

Noun

njeri m (plural njerëz, definite njeriu, definite plural njerëzit)

1. man
2. human, person, individual

Declension

Declension of njeri

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	njeri	njerëz	njeriu	njerëzit
accusative			njeriun
dative	njeriu	njerëzve	njeriut	njerëzvet
ablative		njerëzish

Derived terms

• njerëz
• njerëzi
• njerëzim
• njerëzor
• njeri prej bore

Related terms

• njer

Pronoun

njeri

1. anyone
   • 2009, Pandeli Pani, Albanisch intensiv, edition 2, page 179:

     Nuk njoh njeri.

     I don't know anyone.

2. someone

References

• Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti (1982) Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students (in Albanian), page 283: “The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.”

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• njare, njari, njeari, njere

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mellem, accusative of mel. Compare to Romanian miere.

Noun

njeri f (definite njera)

1. honey