kanxhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • ganxhë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قانجه.

Noun

kanxhë f

  1. hook
    Synonym: çengel
  2. (colloquial) anchor

Declension

Declension of kanxhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kanxhë kanxha kanxha kanxhat
accusative kanxhën
dative kanxhe kanxhës kanxhave kanxhave
ablative kanxhash

Further reading

  • “kanxhë”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “kanxhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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