afër

See also: afer and Afer

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *apsera o *asper(a), representing a contamination of *aps, reflected in Greek ἄψ (ἄps, “backwards”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *apo- 'off, away', with Proto-Indo-European *apero-. Cognate to Sanskrit अपर (ápara, “posterior, later, following”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, “after”)[1] .

Preposition

afër (+ablative)

  1. at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “afër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 1
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