alfier

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian alfiere.

Noun

alfier m (archaic, hapax)

1. flag-bearer, standard-bearer

   Synonyms: flamurtar, bajraktar

References

• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 183: “vexillarius — alfier, bairachtaar”
• Miklosich, Franz (1871) “alfiere it”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 2
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ałfjér”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 8
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “alfjer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 4b
• Dashi, B. (2013) “alfiere”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 61