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Albanian
Etymology
From an uncommon Ottoman Turkish دخانجی (duhancı). Compare Turkish duhancı, Serbo-Croatian duvándžija／дува́нџија, duhándžija／духа́нџија. By surface analysis, duhan + -xhi.
Pronunciation
Noun
duhanxhi m (plural duhanxhinj, definite duhanxhiu)
- (archaic) tobacconist
- Synonyms: duhanshitës, cigareshitës
- (colloquial) smoker
References
- “duhanxhi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 384a
- Jungg, G. (1895) “duhangii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 25b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “duhangìi”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 316a