karshi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قارشو (karşı, karşu, “opposite”), from Proto-Turkic *kar-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈʃi/
• Rhymes: -ʃi
• Hyphenation: kar‧shí

Adverb

karshi

1. (colloquial) in front, opposite, facing across, against

   Synonyms: përballë, kundrejt, ballë për ballë, përkundrejt

Preposition

karshi (+ ablative) (colloquial)

1. in front of
2. in relation to
3. in comparison

Noun

karshi m

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular and definite nominative plural of karsh

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “karshi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “karshi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 253