zinxhir

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زنجیر (zinjir), from Persian زنجیر (zenjir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zindʒiɾ]

Noun

zinxhir m (plural zinxhirë, definite zinxhiri, definite plural zinshirët)

1. chain

   Synonyms: varg, vargua, varëse

Derived terms

• zinxhirtë

References

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zinxhir”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 530