jorganxhi

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • jerganxhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یورغانجی (yorğancı, “quilter”), equivalent to jorgan +‎ -xhi.[1]

Noun

jorganxhi m

  1. quilt maker
    Synonym: jorganpunues

Declension

Declension of jorganxhi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jorganxhi jorganxhiu jorganxhinj jorganxhinjtë
accusative jorganxhiun
dative jorganxhiu jorganxhiut jorganxhinjve jorganxhinjve
ablative jorganxhinjsh

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “jorganxhi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 233

Further reading

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