jerevi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (yer evi), from یر (yer, “ground”) + او (ev, “house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeɾeˈvi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

jerevi f (plural jerevi, definite jerevia)

1. room on the ground floor
2. ground-level hut or room for cattle or provisions
3. (dialectal) prison

   Synonym: burg

References

• “jerevi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 742b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “jerevi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 229f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “jereví”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 169b