karrocë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carrūca or Italian carrozza (“carriage”) with semantic conflation with Italian carrozzina (“pram; wheelchair”).

Noun

karrocë f (plural karroca, definite karroca)

1. carriage, chariot

   Synonym: qerre

2. cart

   karrocë dore ― wheelbarrow (literally, “hand cart”)

   karrocë fëmijësh ― pram (literally, “child cart”)

   karrocë invalidi ― wheelchair (literally, “disabled person cart”)

References

• “karrocë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006