jorgan

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یورغان (yorğan), from earlier Proto-Turkic *yogurgan (“blanket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔɾɡan/
• Hyphenation: jor‧gan

Noun

jorgan m (plural jorganë, definite jorgani, definite plural jorganët)

1. quilt

Declension

Declension of jorgan

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jorgan	jorgani	jorganë	jorganët
accusative		jorganin
dative	jorgani	jorganit	jorganëve	jorganëve
ablative			jorganësh

Derived terms

• jorganxhi

Further reading

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*jorgan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 232

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یورغان (yorğan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǒrɡan/
• Hyphenation: jor‧gan

Noun

jòrgan m (Cyrillic spelling јо̀рган)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia, regional Croatian) comforter, quilt

   Synonym: (Croatia) poplun

Declension

Declension of jorgan

	singular	plural
nominative	jorgan	jorgani
genitive	jorgana	jorgana
dative	jorganu	jorganima
accusative	jorgan	jorgane
vocative	jorgane	jorgani
locative	jorganu	jorganima
instrumental	jorganom	jorganima