fjur
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Unclear. Might be related to Proto-Hellenic *āwḗr (“morning mist”) as Proto-Albanian *awuòr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). See Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) for more.
Adverb edit
fjur
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian ciuri (once fiuri), from Latin flōs. The singular in -a and the collective are backformations from the plural.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fjur m (collective, singulative fjura, plural fjuri, paucal fjuriet)