zeher

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zehër — archaic, dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زهر (zehr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeˈheɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

zeher m (plural zehere)

1. (colloquial) poison; venom

   Synonym: helm

Derived terms

• zeherlis
• zeheroj

 

References

• “zeher”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2222b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zeher”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 526
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “zeher”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 577a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “zeher”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482
• Jungg, G. (1895) “ɛeher”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct, page 149a

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زهر (zehr).

Noun

zȅher m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏хер) (archaic, poetic, regional)

1. poison; venom

   Synonym: òtrov

2. bitterness

Derived terms

• zehèrli

References

• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 649