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