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mbret

mbret

English

Noun

mbret (plural mbrets)

  1. Alternative form of mpret

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (Arvanite) μπρέτ [mbɾɛt] [1]
  • (Gheg) mret [mɾɛt] [2]

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *imperātus (compare Romanian împărat, Aromanian ampirat), from Latin imperātor.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mbɾɛt]

Noun

mbret m (indefinite plural mbretër, definite singular mbreti, definite plural mbretërit)

  1. king (monarch or chess piece)

Declension

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References

  1. Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 204, by Markos Botsaris
  2. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 83, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Brill 1998, p. 252