# tjetër
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* jetër, jatër — obsolete or Arvanitika, Arbëresh
* qetër, çetër — Gheg
* tjatër, tjatrë — Tosk
* tjer m sg — dialectal, northern Gheg
* sjetër f sg — archaic
* tjetër, tjeter, tetër — Borgo Erizzo

### Etymology

Univerbation of jetër, jatër, now only Arbëresh, with the preceding të. Compare archaic sjetër for the feminine singular ablative, the byform jetërsoj of tjetërsoj, and Arbëresh njatër, njetr (“another”) for standard një tjetër. The plural form të tjerë might be a remnant of an old paradigm with accent shift, as in *éter- : *(e)tér- > jetër : tjerë. Note also that i tjer is also attested as a dialectal byform for the masculine singular.
Cognate of Old Church Slavonic етеръ (eterŭ, “a certain”), Latin c-ēterus (“the other one”), from *h₁e- (“this”) + *-teros. Has also been compared Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other”), which although phonologically incompatible as it reflects Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥-teros, remains a fitting morphological parallel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtjetəɾ/, [ˈtje.tɜɹ]
* Rhymes: -etəɾ

### Adjective

tjetër (feminine tjetër, masculine plural të tjerë, feminine plural të tjera)
* other, another
    Mora një mollë tjetër. ― I took another apple.
    Njerëzit e tjerë nuk e dinë. ― Other people don't know.
    Nga ana tjetër... ― On the other hand...
* next, following
    Synonyms: vijues, ndjekës, pasues
    Shihemi javën tjetër! ― See you next week!
* different, another
    diçka tjetër ― something else

#### Usage notes

* Being one of the few irregular adjectives, in the modern standard language it does not use the nyja for singular forms (tjetër), but it does for plural forms (të tjerë, të tjera).

#### Derived terms

* mostjetër
* patjetër
* tjetëranshëm
* tjetërdashës
* tjetërfeshëm
* tjetërkah
* tjetërkohë
* tjetërkund
* tjetërkush
* tjetërllojshëm
* tjetëror
* tjetërpardje
* tjetërpasnesër
* tjetërqysh
* tjetërsoj
* tjetrazi

### Noun

tjetër m (plural të tjerë, definite tjetri) tjetër f (plural të tjera, definite tjetra)
* other one, (in the plural) others
    me një tjetër ― with someone else
    si të tjerët ― like the others

### References

* “tjétër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2002ab
* Çabej, E. (2006) “tjetër”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes VII: S–Zh, Tirana, page 122ff.
* Demiraj, B. (1997) “jéter”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 208
* Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
* Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tjetër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 457f.
* Huld, Martin E. (1984) “tjetër”, in Basic Albanian Etymologies, Columbus: Slavica Publishers, →ISBN, page 117
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “tjetër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 518b
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “jetër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170a
* Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “tjetër”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 267f.
* Leotti, Angelo (1916) “tjétër”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 169
* Weigand, Gustav (1914) “tjétër”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 89a
* Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “τιάτε̯ρε̯-ι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 423
* Jungg, G. (1895) “tieter”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 157a
* Meyer, G. (1891) “játɛrɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 162
* Rossi, F. (1875) “tièter”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1267a
* Rossi, F. (1875) “tièr”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1266b
* Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian):
** page 1: “ab altera parte, di nuovo — mbe tieteret ane”
** page 4: “alibi — mbe tietre vend”
** page 42: “iterum — gnetieter here”
** etc.