afër

From Proto-Albanian *apsera or *asper(a), perhaps representing a contamination of *aps, reflected in Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “backwards”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), with Proto-Indo-European *h₂épero-. Cognate to Sanskrit अपर (ápara, “posterior, later, following”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar, “after”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎼 (a-p-r /⁠apara⁠/, “later, after”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬀 (apara, “more behind, later”).^[1] Or possibly from Latin affinis. Alternatively, from a +‎ -fër.^[2]

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): /afˈəɹ/
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): /afˈəɹ/

afër (+ ablative)

1. at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to

• afat

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “afër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• [2] afër • "Fjalë - Fjalor Shqip" ('Word - Albanian Dictionary')