zjarr

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *dźerm-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-mós (whence Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Old Armenian ջերմ (ǰerm)), from *gʷʰer- (hot, warm).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

zjarr m (indefinite plural zjarre, definite singular zjarri, definite plural zjarret)

  1. fire

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • Zjerma (Mythical being, twin of Handa)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 151, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 129, by Markos Botsaris
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “zjarm”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 429