çifteli

Albanian

Alternative forms

• qifteli, qyfteli — Gheg

Etymology

From çift (“pair”) and tel (“string”), meaning "two stringed".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiftɛli/

Noun

çiftelí f (plural çiftelí, definite çiftelía, definite plural çiftelítë)

1. çifteli (plucked string instrument, with only two strings, played mainly by the Gheg people of northern and central Albania and Kosovo)
2. (figurative) madman, wildman; a grumpy, angry, bitter, rebellious, wild one/person

   Synonyms: hidhnak, zemërak

   Ç'farë çifteli! ― What a madman!

Declension

Declension of çifteli

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	çifteli	çiftelia	çifteli	çiftelitë
accusative		çiftelinë
dative	çiftelie	çiftelisë	çiftelive	çiftelive
ablative			çiftelish

Adjective

çiftelí (feminine çiftelie)

1. double, dual, twofold, binary, binate, coupled, paired, mated
2. (figurative) mad, grumpy, angry, bitter, rebellious, wild

   Synonyms: hidhnak, zemërak

   një burrë çifteli ― a grumpy man

   një grua çiftelie ― a grumpy woman