zjarr

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zjarm, ɛiarm [zjaɾm] zjerëm, zjem (Gheg)
• ζηᾶρμ [zjaʀm] (Arvanite)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dźerm-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-mós (whence Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Old Armenian ջերմ (ǰerm)), from *gʷʰer- (“hot, warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zjar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

zjarr m (plural zjárre, definite zjárri, definite plural zjárret)

1. fire

   Near-synonym: flakë

2. (ethnography) family, house, clan

   Synonyms: familje, shtëpi, fis, farë

3. (in the singular) fever

   Synonym: ethe

4. (in the singular, military) fire (a gun or shells)
5. (in the singular, figurative) passion, desire, fervor
6. (in the singular, figurative) peak of an activity
7. (in the singular) in heat (of animals)

   Synonym: afsh

8. (adjective) uncontrollable, impulsive
9. (adverb) to express peak quality of a verb or adjective

Declension

Declension of zjarr

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zjarr	zjarri	zjarre	zjarret
accusative		zjarrin
dative	zjarri	zjarrit	zjarreve	zjarreve
ablative			zjarresh

Derived terms

• kundërzjarr
• zjarrdurues
• zjarrdurueshmëri
• zjarrfikës
• zjarrfikëse
• zjarrim
• zjarrisht
• zjarrishtë
• zjarrmator
• zjarrmëtar
• zjarrmi
• zjarrmishtë
• zjarrmon
• zjarrmor
• zjarrmure
• zjarrndezës
• zjarrni
• zjarros
• zjarrosur
• zjarrsi
• zjarrsim
• zjarrshëm
• zjarrshojtës
• zjarrshuar
• zjarrshues
• zjarrtar
• zjarrtë
• zjarrtiset
• zjarrtore
• zjarrth
• zjarrvënës
• zjerm
• Zjerma

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• “zjarr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “zjarr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press