bekçi

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكجی (bekçi, “guard”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bekçi m (plural bekçinj, definite bekçiu, definite plural bekçinjtë)

  1. (archaic) rural police, ranger, field patrol (watchman appointed to guard crops)
    Synonym: pendar

Declension

Declension of bekçi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative bekçi bekçinj bekçiu bekçinjtë
accusative bekçiun
dative bekçiu bekçinjve bekçiut bekçinjvet
ablative bekçinjsh

Further reading

  • “bekçi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “bekçi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bekçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 73

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بكجی (bekçi, “guard”).

Noun

bekçi

  1. guard

Further reading

  • “bekçi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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