horë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hore"

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek χώρα (chóra, “town, country”). See also Greek χωριό (chorió, “village”) and Aromanian hoarã (“village”).

Noun

hórë f

1. (Arbëresh) town, city
2. (Gheg) village/town; to become infamous/an embarrassment in the town

   U bâna horë

   I became an embarrassment

   Na bâne horë

   You embarrassed us

Declension

Declension of horë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	horë	hora	hora	horat
accusative		horën
dative	hore	horës	horave	horave
ablative			horash

Etymology 2

Most probably from Proto-Slavic *gъrnъ. Compare Belarusian го́ран (hóran).

Noun

horë

1. fire

   Synonyms: flakë, zjarr

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “horë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006