malësor

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • malsor, malcor — Gheg

Etymology

From malësi (“highland”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maləˈsoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

malësor m (plural malësorë); feminine equivalent malësore

  1. highlander, mountaineer, someone who lives or has descent from the highlands
    Synonym: malas

Declension
Declension of malësor
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative malësor malësorë malësori malësorët
accusative malësorin
dative malësori malësorëve malësorit malësorëvet
ablative malësorësh

Descendants
  • → Aromanian: malesor
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مالسور (malsor)

References
  • “malësór,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1053a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mal-sí […] -suer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 261a

Adjective

malësor (feminine malësore)

  1. akin to inhabitants of highlands
    veshje malësore
    traditional clothing of highlanders
    (literally, “mountaineer clothing”)

References
  • “malësór,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1053a
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