njeri

Albanian

Etymology

From Old Albanian njer, from Proto-Albanian *nera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.[1] Closely related to Messapic 𐌍𐌄𐌓 (“man”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɲɛˈɾi]

Noun

njeri m (plural njerëz, definite njeriu, definite plural njerëzit)

  1. man
  2. human, person, individual

Declension
Declension of njeri
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative njeri njerëz njeriu njerëzit
accusative njeriun
dative njeriu njerëzve njeriut njerëzvet
ablative njerëzish

Derived terms
  • njerëz
  • njerëzi
  • njerëzim
  • njerëzor
  • njeri prej bore

Pronoun

njeri

  1. anyone
    • 2009, Pandeli Pani, Albanisch intensiv, edition 2, page 179:
      Nuk njoh njeri.
      I don't know anyone.
  2. someone

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “njeri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
  • Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti (1982) Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students (in Albanian), page 283: “The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.”

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mellem, accusative of mel. Compare to Romanian miere.

Noun

njeri f (definite njera)

  1. honey
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