vatër
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Gheg) votër
Etymology
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Noun
vatër f (plural vatra, definite vatra)
- fireplace, fireside, hearth
- (figurative) home, family circle
- small plot of ground
- (geometry) focal point
- (anatomy) nerve center
- (medicine) focus, hotbed
Hyponyms
- vatër kulture (“community center”)
- vatër malarje (“hotbed of malaria”)
- vatër moçalizimi (“swampy plot of land”)
Idioms
- në krye të vatrës (“in the place of honor”)
References
- Domosileckaja, M. V. (2002) Albansko-vostočnoromanskij sopostavitelʹnyj ponjatijnyj slovarʹ: Skotovodčeskaja leksika [Albanian – Eastern Romance Comparative Conceptual Dictionary: The Pastoral Vocabulary] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nauka, →ISBN, page 457
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vatër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 495–496