tjetër

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • jetër, jatër, jetri (Falconara)
  • çetër, qetër (Gheg)
  • tjatër (Korçë)[1][2]

Etymology

T- from plural (from ligature particle të) + archaic singular (Arbëresh) jetër, from Proto-Albanian *étera sg, *etérai pl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-tero- (compare Latin cēterus (“the other one”), Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another”), Umbrian etro- (“another”), Old Church Slavonic етеръ (eterŭ, “someone”), Avestan 𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬭𐬀‎ (atāra, “this one of the two”)).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtjɛ.təɾ/, [ˈtjɛ.təɻ]

Adjective

i tjetër m (feminine e tjetër, masculine plural të tjerë, feminine plural të tjera)

  1. other, another
  2. next

Noun

tjetër ? (indefinite plural të tjerë, definite singular tjetri)

  1. other, another

References
  1. Google Books using "çetër"
  2. Google Books using "qetër"
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 125-6
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