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Albanian
Etymology
Enlargement of ang, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”). Compare Latin angustus (“narrow”), German Angst (“fear”).[1] Doublet to Latin-borrowed ngushtë.
Pronunciation
Adjective
angësht (feminine angështe)
- tight (clothes)
- stingy, scrooge, tight-fisted
Adverb
angësht
- uneasily, worriedly, wistfully
Synonyms
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79