mbret
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mbëret
- mret — Gheg [mɾɛt][1]
- μπρέτ (mbrét) — Arvanitika [mbɾɛt][2]
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *imperātus (compare Romanian împărat, Aromanian ampirat), from Latin imperātor.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mbɾɛt]
Noun
mbret m (plural mbretër, definite mbreti, definite plural mbretërit)
- king (monarch or chess piece)
- Synonym: regj
- (card games) king in a pack of playing cards
Declension
Derived terms
- mbretëreshë
- mbretëri
- mbretërim
- mbretëroj
- mbretëror, mbretërore
- mpret
References
- Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 83, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 204, by Markos Botsaris
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbret”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
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