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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek γύφτος (gýftos, “Gipsy”), with regressive metathesis of the f, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios, “Egyptian”). For the apparent, and possibly concidental, retention of the initial /e/ compare Aromanian gheghiftu.
Pronunciation
Noun
evgjit m (plural evgjitë or (dialectal) evgjitër)
- Balkan Egyptian, Jevg
- Synonyms: jevg, egjiptian, magjyp
- (inexact) Gypsy, Roma
- Synonyms: cigan, arixhi, magjyp
Derived terms
References
- “evgjít,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 439a
- Kume, Juljana (2020) “The classification of Greek lexical loan elements in the Albanian language based on borrowing ways”, in Studia Albanica, number 2, page 106
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “evgjit”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 97b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “evǵít”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 97