evgjit

Albanian

Alternative forms

• jevgjit, vgjit, jevjit — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek γύφτος (gýftos, “Gipsy”), with regressive metathesis of the f, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios, “Egyptian”). For the apparent, and possibly concidental, retention of the initial /e/ compare Aromanian gheghiftu.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -it

Noun

evgjit m (plural evgjitë or (dialectal) evgjitër)

1. Balkan Egyptian, Jevg

   Synonyms: jevg, egjiptian, magjyp

2. (inexact) Gypsy, Roma

   Synonyms: cigan, arixhi, magjyp

Derived terms

• evgjitëri
• evgjitkë
• jevg

 

References

• “evgjít,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 439a
• Kume, Juljana (2020) “The classification of Greek lexical loan elements in the Albanian language based on borrowing ways”, in Studia Albanica‎^[2], number 2, page 106
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “evgjit”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 97b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “evǵít”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 97