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tenxhere

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تنجره (tencere).[1][2]

Noun

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tenxhére or tenxheré f (plural tenxhére or tenxheré, definite tenxhérja or tenxheréja)

  1. pot, kettle, cooker
    Synonym: kusi
  2. (archaic) pan, saucepan; tin, tray
  3. potful of food, water, milk, etc.

References

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  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “tenxhere”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1456
  2. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “tenxhere”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 473

Further reading

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  • “tenxhere”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “tenxhere”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 513
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “tegere”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 154
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