gjem

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *jama, from Proto-Indo-European *yém-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, restrain”). Cognate with Sanskrit यम (yáma, “rein, bridle”).[1] Alternatively, from Ottoman Turkish كم (gem, “bit”), from Greek κημός (kimós, “muzzle; nosebag”).[2]

Noun

gjem m (plural gjema, definite gjemi, definite plural gjemat)

  1. bridle

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
  2. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjem”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 171

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gjem

  1. imperative of gjemme
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