marenë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • marinë, mërinë, mrrinë, mrinë dialectal

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *marěna (madder), which however cannot be found in South Slavic. Alternatively from Italian amarena, regionally marena (sour cherry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɾenə/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [maˈɾɛ̃ːn]
  • Rhymes: -enə

Noun

marenë f (plural marena)

  1. chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marenë
  2. tamarisk (Tamarix, especially T. parviflora)
    Synonym: brukë
    marena e FrancësFrench tamarisk (Tamarix gallica)
  3. (dialectal) marsh rosemary (Limonium?)
    Synonym: livandë deti
  4. (dialectal) heather (Calluna vulgaris)
    Synonym: shqopë

Derived terms

References

  • “marén/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1058a
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “marena”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 210a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “marênë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 263b
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “marenë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
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