vergji

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ویركی (vergi, “gift, present; tax, tribute; duty”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veɾˈɟi/
  • Rhymes: -ɟi
  • Hyphenation: ver‧gjí

Noun

vergji f (definite vergjia) (uncountable)

  1. (historical) property tax: paid to the local fief holder under the Ottoman Empire
    Synonym: carinë

Declension

Declension of vergji
singular
indefinite definite
nominative vergji vergjia
accusative vergjinë
dat./abl. vergjie vergjisë

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “vergji”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 501

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “vergji”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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