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Albanian
Etymology
First attested in 1635,[1] borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zağar).[2][3] Compare Greek ζαγάρι (zagári), Macedonian загар (zagar), Serbo-Croatian zàgār/за̀га̄р.
Noun
zagar m (plural zagarë, definite zagari); feminine equivalent zagare
- greyhound, hunting dog
- Synonyms: langua, qen gjahu
- (derogatory) lackey, stooge, flunkey
- Synonyms: laro; shërbyes, rob
- (vulgar) tramp, vagabond who tails women in the streets
- Synonyms: rrugaç, endacak
Declension
References
- ^ Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181: “vertagus — ɛagaar”
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “zagā́r, zār”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 480
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zagar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 521–522
Further reading
- “zagar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- “zagar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zaǧar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zǎɡaːr/
- Hyphenation: za‧gar
Noun
zàgār m (Cyrillic spelling за̀га̄р)
- hound (dog)
References
- “zagar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 644