karrige

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • karrike, karrikë

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan carega, from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈriɡɛ]

Noun

karrige f (plural karrige, definite karrigia, definite plural karriget)

  1. chair
    Ku e bleve këtë karrige? ― Where did you buy this chair?
  2. (figurative) office job
    Ka zënë një karrige. ― He/she found an office job.

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “karrige”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 728

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “karrige”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “karrige”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

karrige

  1. definite singular and plural of karrig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

karrige

  1. definite singular and plural of karrig
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