Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From anë (side, edge) +‎ -a- +‎ mal (mountain) +‎ -as (toponymic suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /anaˈmalas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧má‧las

Noun edit

anamalas m (plural anamalas, definite anamalasi, definite plural anamalasit)

  1. mountain dweller, mountainside dweller
  2. inhabitant from Ana Malit (a region of Albania and Montenegro) or Ana e Malit (a municipal unit in Albania)

Declension edit

References edit

  • “anamalas”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • anamalas”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “anamálas”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 6