banjtar
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, banjë (“bath”) + -tar. Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin balneātor (“bath attendant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aɾ
Noun
[edit]banjtar m (plural banjtarë) (archaic)
References
[edit]- Mann, S. E. (1948) “banjtar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 19b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “bàgnitaar”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 53b
- Miklosich, Franz (1871) “bagno it.”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 4
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 3: “balneator — bagnitaar”