duhanxhi

Albanian

Etymology

From an uncommon Ottoman Turkish دخانجی (duhancı). Compare Turkish duhancı, Serbo-Croatian duvándžija / дува́нџија, duhándžija / духа́нџија. By surface analysis, duhan +‎ -xhi.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

duhanxhi m (plural duhanxhinj, definite duhanxhiu)

1. (archaic) tobacconist

   Synonyms: duhanshitës, cigareshitës

2. (colloquial) smoker

References

• “duhanxhi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 384a
• Jungg, G. (1895) “duhangii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 25b
• Rossi, F. (1875) “duhangìi”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 316a