dritare

Albanian

Etymology

From dritë (“light”) + -are (“-er”), meaning to let light through or similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾiˈtaɾɛ/, [dɽiˈtäːɽɛ]

Noun

dritare f (plural dritare, definite dritarja, definite plural dritaret)

1. window
2. (figurative) access to the sea
3. (figurative) key, opening, access to knowledge (that helps broadening your horizon of knowledge)
4. free time (between work hours or lessons)

Declension

Declension of dritare

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dritare	dritarja	dritare	dritaret
accusative		dritaren
dative	dritareje	dritares	dritareve	dritareve
ablative			dritaresh

Synonyms

• dritarëz
• përzore (Gheg)
• penxhere
• fënjeshtër
• vitrinë

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “dritare”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “dritare”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press