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Albanian
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)
- coarse rug, blanket, carpet, traditionally of goat's hair
- Synonym: qilim
- shtroj cergën ― lay down the rug
- spiderweb, cobweb
- Synonym: pëlhurë merimange
- old tattered clothes, rags
- Synonyms: lecka, rrecka, zhele
- (archaic) tent (especially of Gypsies)
- Synonyms: shatorre, tendë
- (Gheg) awning
- (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