duhanxhi
Albanian
Etymology
From an uncommon Ottoman Turkish دخانجی (duhancı). Compare Turkish duhancı, Serbo-Croatian duvándžija / дува́нџија, duhándžija / духа́нџија. By surface analysis, duhan + -xhi.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
duhanxhi m (plural duhanxhinj, definite duhanxhiu)
- (archaic) tobacconist
- Synonyms: duhanshitës, cigareshitës
- (colloquial) smoker
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | duhanxhi | duhanxhiu | duhanxhinj | duhanxhinjtë |
| accusative | duhanxhiun | |||
| dative | duhanxhiu | duhanxhiut | duhanxhinjve | duhanxhinjve |
| ablative | duhanxhinjsh | |||
References
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 384a
- Jungg, G. (1895) “duhangii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 25b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “duhangìi”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 316a