marenë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• marinë, mërinë, mrrinë, mrinë — dialectal

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *marěna (“madder”), which however cannot be found in South Slavic. Alternatively from Italian amarena, regionally marena (“sour cherry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾenə/
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [maˈɾɛ̃ːn]
• Rhymes: -enə

Noun

marenë f (plural marena)

1. chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marenë

2. tamarisk (Tamarix, especially T. parviflora)

   Synonym: brukë

   marena e Francës ― French tamarisk (Tamarix gallica)

3. (dialectal) marsh rosemary (Limonium^?)

   Synonym: livandë deti

4. (dialectal) heather (Calluna vulgaris)

   Synonym: shqopë

Derived terms

• marenëkuqe

 

References

• “marén/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1058a
• Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “marena”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 210a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “marênë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 263b
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “marenë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 245