emër

See also: emer, Emer, and Emer.

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Rhotacism from emën, preserved in Gheg. From Proto-Albanian *é(n)minad, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *é(n)mina, earlier *ánmina < *ánmena, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ń̥h₃menh₂ (names), collective of *h₁nómn̥ (name).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛməɾ/, [ˈɛməɹ]

Noun

emër m (plural emra, definite emri, definite plural emrat)

  1. name

Declension

Declension of emër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative emër emri emra emrat
accusative emrin
dative emri emrit emrave emrave
ablative emrash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “emër”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • emër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “emër”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]