ahur

Albanian

Alternative forms

• haur, akur, qyr, har, ahar, aar
• ahër — Gheg, nonstandard

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آخور (ahur, “stable, shed, barn”), borrowed from Persian آخور (âxor).

Noun

ahur m (plural ahure, definite ahuri, definite plural ahuret)

1. ground floor of house (for livestock and their feed, wood, dairy products or tools)
2. cellar

   Synonym: qilar

3. (archaic) stable, barn, shed

   Synonyms: stallë, stan

Further reading

• “ahur”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “ahur”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006