angësht
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Enlargement of ang, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”). Compare Latin angustus (“narrow”), German Angst (“fear”).[1] Doublet to Latin-borrowed ngushtë.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]angësht (feminine angështe)
- tight (clothes)
- stingy, scrooge, tight-fisted
Adverb
[edit]angësht
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79