abetare

Albanian

Etymology

a (a(lpha)) +‎ b (bet(a)) +‎ tar +‎ e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.bɛ.ta.ɾɛ] (Tosk)
• IPA^(key): [a.bɛ.tɑ.ɾɛ] (Gheg)

Noun

• abetare f (plural abetare, definite abetarja, definite plural abetaret)
• abetár m (plural abetárë, definite abetári, definite plural abetárët)

1. ABC book
2. primer; a book used by children learning to read
3. alphabet

   abetare morze ― Morse code

Related terms

• abetár m
• abece f, abëcë f

Further reading

• Jungg, G. (1895), “abetare”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999), “abetare”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000), Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abetáre)
• “abetare”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006