ajër

See also: ajer

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āēr (“air”), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Topalli posits Italian aria (“air”) as another possible source, considering that the Latin term is already (potentially) borrowed into Albanian as erë (“wind, air, smell”); alternatively, it is a doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈajər/

Noun

ajër m (plural ajra, definite ajri, definite plural ajrat)

1. air
   • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:

     Fluturonjënë për qiell, për ajërit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) environment

Declension

Declension of ajër

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ajër	ajra	ajri	ajrat
accusative			ajrin
dative	ajri	ajrave	ajrit	ajravet
ablative		ajrash

Synonyms

• erë

Derived terms

• ajri, ajroj, ajrohet, ajërt

Further reading

• “ajër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “ajër”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]
• “ajër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006