Alternative forms

• nja, njo, nji, ni, i — Gheg dialects
• nji, nje — Tosk dialects

Etymology

From Old Albanian nja, from Proto-AlbanianCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian#NECategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian#NE *nyá-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *myá-, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#NECategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NE *smiyo- (“a, an”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#NECategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NE *s(e)mih₂ or Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#NECategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NE *smiyah₂. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#NECategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NE *sem- (“together, one”). According to Neri, the etymology connecting një to *h₁óynos is problematic, as it assumes an unknown pronomial element at the initial sound and also does not explain the stem *nyá- without a final nasal.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tosk dialects) IPA^(key): [ɲə], [ɲi], [ɲɜ]Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#NE
• (Gheg dialects) IPA^(key): [ɲa], [ɲo], [ɲi], [ni], [i]Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#NE

Numeral

njëCategory:Albanian lemmas#NECategory:Albanian numerals#NECategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#NECategory:Pages with entries#NJËCategory:Pages with 1 entry#NJË

1. Category:Albanian cardinal numbers#NEone

Article

njëCategory:Albanian lemmas#NECategory:Albanian articles#NECategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#NECategory:Pages with entries#NJËCategory:Pages with 1 entry#NJË

1. the indefinite article; a, an

   Dua një gotë ujë.

   I want a glass of water.

   Category:Albanian terms with usage examples#NE

References