penxhere

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پنجره (pencere), from Persian پنجره (panjere).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penˈd͡ʒeɾe/
  • Rhymes: -eɾe
  • Hyphenation: pen‧xhé‧re

Noun

penxhere f (plural penxhére, definite penxhérja, definite plural penxhéret)

  1. (colloquial) window
    Synonym: dritare

Derived terms

  • penxherkë

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “penxhere”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 358

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “penxhere”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pexhere”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362
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