bakall

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from, Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkaɫ/

Noun

bakall m (plural bakaj, definite bakalli, definite plural bakajtë)

  1. (dated) minor grocer
    Synonym: tregtar

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “bakall”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 159-160
  2. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bakall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 60

Further reading

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