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

The Indo-Iranian word dusman is in Urdu, Nepali, Kashmiri, Dari spoken in Afganistan, Farsi spoken in Iran, Romanian and Albanian languages. The Thracians, Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians are considered of Iranian origin.

Abdullah Konushevci <a_konushevci@...> wrote:

Yes, anmik/armik 'enemy'.

Konushevci
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--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> 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 d�Sman 'enemy' < Pers. dushmen, they have
> > nothing in common.
> > Hamp has cited probably CIMOHOWSKY's masterpiece 'Dushman's
Idiom',
> > where the word <nj�ni> exist. I know exactly that Cimohowsky
denies
> > any connection with this Persian via Turkish word.
> > Basic rule in Albanian language is that Tosk� /�/ reflects
Geg� /�/
> > or /�/, both nasal vowels: nj�ni/nj�ri 'one, someone, somebody'
> > nj�ri-tjetrin 'each other', t�n�/t�r� 'all', at�/at� 'that',
> > k�t�/k�t� 'this', p�ni/p�ri 'thread' tc.
> >
> > Konushevci
> > ************
>
> thank you for explanations Abdullah. Is there an another ancient
synonim
> for "dushman"= enemy in Albanian?
>
> Alex



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