çengi

Albanian

Alternative forms

• çingi, çengë

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of çengi

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

Further reading

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