kanxhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ganxhë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قانجه.

Noun

kanxhë f

1. hook

   Synonym: çengel

2. (colloquial) anchor

Declension

Declension of kanxhë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kanxhë	kanxha	kanxha	kanxhat
accusative		kanxhën
dative	kanxhe	kanxhës	kanxhave	kanxhave
ablative			kanxhash

Further reading

• “kanxhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “kanxhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]