dhjamë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *δem(-). Cognate to Ancient Greek δημός (dēmós, “fat”) and Romanian zeamă (“juice; sauce”).[1]

Noun

dhjamë m (indefinite plural dhjamë, definite singular dhjami, definite plural dhjamët)

  1. fat

Synonyms
  • lyrë

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) 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 161
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