cergë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چرگه (çerge), with the c- form via Greek τσέργα (tsérga).

Pronunciation

Noun

cergë f (plural cerga, definite cerga, definite plural cergat)

  1. coarse rug, blanket, carpet, traditionally of goat's hair
    Synonym: qilim
    shtroj cergënlay down the rug
  2. spiderweb, cobweb
    Synonym: pëlhurë merimange
  3. old tattered clothes, rags
    Synonyms: lecka, rrecka, zhele
  4. (archaic) tent (especially of Gypsies)
    Synonyms: shatorre, tendë
  5. (Gheg) awning
  6. (dialectal) squint, strabismus; cataract

Derived terms

References

  • “cérg/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 219ab
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cergë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 47b
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “τσέργε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 439
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “tsergɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 440
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “cèregh”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 131ab
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “zèrgh”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1353a