zyrë

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Latin usūra. Alternatively borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (yzer).

Noun

zyrë f (plural zyra, definite zyra, definite plural zyrat)

office, bureau
(archaic) urgent matter, necessity, business

Declension

Declension of zyrë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	zyrë	zyra	zyra	zyrat
accusative	zyrë	zyra	zyrën	zyrat
dative	zyre	zyrave	zyrës	zyravet
ablative	zyre	zyrash	zyrës	zyravet

Derived terms

zyrtar
- zyrtarë
- jozyrtar
- zyrtarisht
  - jozyrtarisht

References

Luka, David (2002), “Ndihmesa e N. Gazullit për etimologjinë e gjuhës shqipe”, in Studime Filologjike
Mann, S. E. (1948), “zyr-e […] zyrë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 585

Further reading

“zyrë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

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