cangadhe

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • cagadhe, cangalle

Etymology

Disputed. The distribution of the word in southern Tosk, in Gjirokastër area and Chameria region, but not in the western Tosk, indicates it entered from Greek. Either from an Italian form of zanco (“left”) via Greek τςαγγάδα (tsangáda, “id.”) according to Meyer, or from Turkish چنگال ("çang-al") with a ç:c alteration, according to Dizdari based on the alternative form cangalle.[1][2] From Albanian, it went into Aromanian as tsangadhe.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡saˈnɡaðɛ]

Noun

cangadhe f (plural cangadhe, definite cangadhja, definite plural cangadhet)

  1. (regional) dry dairy ewe, maiden milker
    Synonyms: enjë, pakare
  2. (regional) barren, infertile
    Synonym: shterp

Declension

Declension of cangadhe
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cangadhe cangadhja cangadhe cangadhet
accusative cangadhen
dative cangadhe cangadhes cangadheve cangadheve
ablative cangadhesh

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: tsangadhe

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cangadhe”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 8
  2. ^ Dizdari, Tahir (1964) Studime Filologjike [Philological Studies], volume 2, Tirana: University of Tirana, page 102
  3. ^ Papahagi, Tache (1972) Dicţionarul dialectului aromân, general şi etimologic, 2 edition, Bucureşti, page 1064

Further reading

  • “cangadhe”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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