arë

See also: are, Are, -are, -aré, åre, aré, āre, and ārē

Albanian
arë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *arwā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rh₃uer-, from root Proto-Indo-European *h₂rh₃ 'arable land, soil'; compare *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). Cognate to Latin arvum (“corn-field”), Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, “arable land”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːɾ/

Noun

arë f (indefinite plural ara, definite singular ara, definite plural arat)

  1. arable land

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 80-81
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