garë

See also: gare, Gare, garé, and gäre

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *garā, from Proto-Indo-European *ĝher 'to wish, to feel inclination'. Cognate to Greek χαίρω (chaíro, “to rejoice”), χάρμη (chármi, “joy of battle; battle, fight”)[1].

Noun

garë f (indefinite plural gara, definite singular gara, definite plural garat)

  1. competition, race

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “garë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 110
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