zeher

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • zehër — archaic, dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زهر (zehr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zeˈheɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

zeher m (plural zehere)

  1. (colloquial) poison; venom
    Synonym: helm

Derived terms
  • zeherlis
  • zeheroj

References
  • “zeher”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2222b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zeher”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 526
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “zeher”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 577a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “zeher”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “ɛeher”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 149a

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زهر (zehr).

Noun

zȅher m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏хер) (archaic, poetic, regional)

  1. poison; venom
    Synonym: òtrov
  2. bitterness

Derived terms

References
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 649
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