sahatçi
Albanian
Alternative forms
- sahaçi, sahatxhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ساعتجی (saʼatci). By surface analysis, sahat + -çi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saha(t)ˈt͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
sahatçi m (plural sahatçinj, definite sahatçiu, definite plural sahatçinjtë)
- (colloquial, dialectal, dated) clockmaker, watchmaker
- Synonyms: orëndreqës, orëtar
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sahatçi | sahatçiu | sahatçinj | sahatçinjtë |
| accusative | sahatçiun | |||
| dative | sahatçiu | sahatçiut | sahatçinjve | sahatçinjve |
| ablative | sahatçinjsh | |||
Derived terms
- sahatçillëk
References
- “sahatçí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 1727b
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “sahatçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 403
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “sahát […] -xhi”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 445a
- Leotti, Angelo (1916) “sahatshí-a”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 153
- Weigand, Gustav (1914) “sahát-i […] -tshí-a”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 76b
- Jungg, G. (1895) “sahatcii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 122b
- Rossi, F. (1875) “sahatcìi”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1116b