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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آشجی (aşçı), (ahçı).[2][3]
Noun
akçí m (plural akçínj, definite akçíu); feminine equivalent akçéshë
- (colloquial, archaic) cook
- Synonyms: gjellëbë́rës, kuzhiniér
References
- ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “akscii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ahtší”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “akçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 33
Further reading
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 13: “cocus — hacscij òo coc”
- “akçi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “akçi”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary