afër
See also: afer and Afer
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *apsera o *asper(a), representing a contamination of *aps, reflected in Greek ἄψ (ἄps, “backwards”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *apo- 'off, away', with Proto-Indo-European *apero-. Cognate to Sanskrit अपर (ápara, “posterior, later, following”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, “after”)[1] .
Preposition
afër (+ablative)
- at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
Related terms
- afat
Derived terms
- afro
- afri
- afërm
- afërsi
- afroj
- afrim
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “afër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 1