hyzmeqar

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • hysmeqar, hismeqar, husmeqar
  • ysmqar, izmeqar

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خدمتكار (ḫızmetkar, hizmetkar). First attested in 1710 by Desio as esmeqar.[1]

Noun

hyzmeqár m; feminine equivalent hyzmeqare

  1. (colloquial) servant
    Synonym: shërbëtor

Declension

Declension of hyzmeqar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hyzmeqar hyzmeqari hyzmeqarë hyzmeqarët
accusative hyzmeqarin
dative hyzmeqari hyzmeqarit hyzmeqarëve hyzmeqarëve
ablative hyzmeqarësh

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “hyzmeqar”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

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