çengi

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چنگی (çengi), from Classical Persian چَنْگِی (čangī).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈɡi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: çen‧gí

Noun

çengi f (plural çengí, definite çengía, definite plural çengítë)

  1. (archaic) public dancer (usually accompanied by a band)
    Synonym: valltare
  2. (derogatory) immoral, frivolous woman
    Synonyms: bishtpërdredhur, përdalë
  3. (central Gheg, Krujë) deceiver

Declension

Declension of çengi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çengi çengia çengi çengitë
accusative çenginë
dative çengie çengisë çengive çengive
ablative çengish

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çengi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 107

Further reading

  • “çengi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “çengi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “çengë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 57
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