anamalas

Albanian

Etymology

From anë (side, edge) + -a- + mal (mountain) + -as (toponymic suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anaˈmalas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧má‧las

Noun

anamalas m (plural anamalas, definite anamalasi, definite plural anamalasit)

  1. mountain dweller, mountainside dweller
  2. inhabitant from Ana Malit (a region of Albania and Montenegro) or Ana e Malit (a municipal unit in Albania)

Declension

References

  • “anamalas”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
  • anamalas”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “anamálas”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 6
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