Re: [tied] "One" in Albanian [Was: some terms for George]

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> Dear Alex,
> You have mixed too much things. Dushmani is a place name or, much
> precisely, horonym, and exists much before than Ottoman Empery
> conquered the Albania. So, even they look similar with Turkish
> indeclinable adjective düSman 'enemy' < Pers. dushmen, they have
> nothing in common.
> Hamp has cited probably CIMOHOWSKY's masterpiece 'Dushman's Idiom',
> where the word <njâni> exist. I know exactly that Cimohowsky denies
> any connection with this Persian via Turkish word.
> Basic rule in Albanian language is that Toskë /ë/ reflects Gegë /â/
> or /ê/, both nasal vowels: njâni/njëri 'one, someone, somebody'
> njëri-tjetrin 'each other', tânë/tërë 'all', atâ/atë 'that',
> këtâ/këtë 'this', pêni/përi 'thread' tc.
>
> Konushevci
> ************

thank you for explanations Abdullah. Is there an another ancient synonim
for "dushman"= enemy in Albanian?

Alex