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çengi

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چنگی (çengi), from Classical Persian چَنْگِی (čangī).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈɡi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: çen‧gí

Noun

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çengi f (plural çengí, definite çengía, definite plural çengítë)

  1. (archaic) public dancer (usually accompanied by a band)
    Synonym: valltare
  2. (derogatory) immoral, frivolous woman
    Synonyms: bishtpërdredhur, përdalë
  3. (central Gheg, Krujë) deceiver

Declension

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Declension of çengi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çengi çengia çengi çengitë
accusative çenginë
dative çengie çengisë çengive çengive
ablative çengish

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çengi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 107

Further reading

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  • “çengi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “çengi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “çengë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 57
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