Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) votër

Noun

vatër f (indefinite plural vatra, definite singular vatra)

1. fireplace, fireside, hearth
2. (figuratively) home, family circle
3. small plot of ground
4. (geometry) focal point
5. (anatomy) nerve center
6. (medicine) focus, hotbed

Hyponyms

• vatër kulture ‎(“community center”)
• vatër malarje ‎(“hotbed of malaria”)
• vatër moçalizimi ‎(“swampy plot of land”)

Idioms

• në krye të vatrës ‎(“in the place of honor”)

References

• Douglas Q. Adams: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Taylor & Francis, 1997: 202.
• Domosileckaja, M. V. (2002) Albansko-vostočnoromanskij sopostavitelʹnyj ponjatijnyj slovarʹ: Skotovodčeskaja leksika [Albanian – Eastern Romance Comparative Conceptual Dictionary: The Pastoral Vocabulary] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nauka, ISBN 5-02-028531-5, page 457
• Orel, Vladimir (1998), “vatër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, pages 495–496