See also: Appendix:Variations of "ze"

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • (Gheg)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dzwana, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwonos (compare Serbo-Croatian zvono (bell), Armenian ձայն (jayn, voice)).

Noun

 m (indefinite plural zëra, definite singular zëri, definite plural zërat)

  1. voice
  2. characterisic sound of something
  3. (figuratively) reputation
  4. (old) vote
  5. item (of goods, on a list), entry (in a ledger or dictionary)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Albanian zan, from Proto-Albanian *džeina, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰe/o (compare English begin, Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, to hold, contain)).

Verb

(first-person singular past tense zura, participle zënë)

  1. to take, occupy
  2. to do, make
  3. to grab, snatch, seize
  4. to catch
Conjugation
Derived terms
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