angari

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آنغاریه (anğariye).

Pronunciation

Noun

angari f (plural angari) (originally Gheg)

  1. (historical) corvee, forced labour
  2. (figurative) chore, drudgery
    Synonym: hamallëk
  3. (dialectal) need, necessity, compulsion
    Synonym: nevojë
  4. (dialectal) oppression
    Synonyms: shtypje, trysni

Adverb

angari (originally Gheg)

  1. by force and without any compensation
  2. reluctantly, unwillingly
    Synonym: zvarrë

References

  • “angarí,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 35ab
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “angarí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 7b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “angarī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 12

Further reading

  • Huld, Martin E. (1986) “Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung, volume 99, number 2, →JSTOR, page 247

Italian

Verb

angari

  1. inflection of angariare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

angarī

  1. vocative singular of angarius

References

  • angari”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old High German

Noun

angarī n

  1. Alternative form of angar (weevil)

References