qyqar

Albanian

Etymology

From qyq (“wretched, miserable”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cyˈcaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: qy‧qár

Adjective

qyqar (feminine qyqare) (also noun)

1. poor, miserable, wretched, hapless

   Synonyms: fatkeq, i shkretë, i mjerë, i ngratë

2. alone, desolate, forsaken

   Synonym: i vetëm

3. incapable, helpless, weak

   Synonym: i pazoti

Related terms

• qyq
• qyqan
• qyqatoj
• qyqe
• qyqohem
• qyqoj

 

Further reading

• “qyqar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “qyqar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “qyq […] ar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 421