hajgare

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • hajgar m

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish haygara (“joker; joke”), a Kosovo dialectal variant of yaygara (“fuss”). Compare Serbo-Croatian àjgara / а̀јгара, hàjgara / ха̀јгара (“sneer, joke, mockery”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hajˈɡaɾe/
  • Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

hajgare f (plural hajgare, definite hajgarja)

  1. (regional) joke
    Synonyms: shaka, tallje, mahi, shpoti, mbrrakulli
    bëj hajgare ― to joke, kid
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hajgare.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hajgare”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “hajgar/e”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019
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