zjarr

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • zjarm, ɛiarm [zjaɾm] zjerëm, zjem (Gheg) [1]
  • ζηᾶρμ [zjaʀm] (Arvanite) [2]

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /zjar/

Noun

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

  1. fire

Declension
Declension of zjarr
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative zjarr zjarre zjarrI zjarret
accusative zjarrIn
dative zjarrI zjarreve zjarrIt zjarrevet
ablative zjarresh

Derived terms
  • Zjerma (“Mythical being, twin of Handa”)
  • kundërzjarr (“counterfire”)

References
  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, B. (1997) “zjarm”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 429
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