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tjetër

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Univerbation of të jetër, now only Arbëresh, akin to Old Church Slavonic етеръ (eterŭ).[1] Compare also Latin c-ēterus (the other one) from *h₁e- (this) + *-teros.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tjetër (feminine tjetër, masculine plural të tjerë, feminine plural të tjera)

  1. other, another
    Mora një mollë tjetër.I took another apple.
    Njerëzit e tjerë nuk e dinë.Other people don't know.
    Nga ana tjetër...On the other hand...
  2. next, following
    Synonyms: vijues, ndjekës, pasues
    Shihemi javën tjetër!See you next week!
  3. different, another
    diçka tjetërsomething else

Derived terms

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Usage notes

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  • Being one of the few irregular adjectives, in the modern standard language it does not use the nyja for singular forms (tjetër), but it does for plural forms (të tjerë, të tjera).

Noun

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tjetër m (plural të tjerë, definite tjetri)
tjetër f (plural të tjera, definite tjetra)

  1. other one, (in the plural) others
    me një tjetërwith someone else
    si të tjerëtlike the others

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tjetër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 457f.

Further reading

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  • “tjétër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2002ab
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “tjetër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 518b
  • tjetër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006