yzengji

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوزنگی (üzengi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yzenˈɟi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

yzengji f (plural yzengji, definite yzengjia, definite plural yzengjitë)

  1. stirrup (of a saddle)
    Synonyms: prrashtë, struf
  2. (anatomy) stapes, stirrup
    Synonym: stapes

Declension

Declension of yzengji
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative yzengji yzengjia yzengji yzengjitë
accusative yzengjinë
dative yzengjie yzengjisë yzengjive yzengjive
ablative yzengjish

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “yzengji”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 520

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 2206b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “yzengjí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 571b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “zenǵī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482
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