arabaxhi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عربه‌جی (arabacı).[1]

Noun

arabaxhi m

  1. (dated) driver (of a cart, wagon, coach, etc.)

Declension

Declension of arabaxhi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative arabaxhi arabaxhiu arabaxhinj arabaxhinjtë
accusative arabaxhiun
dative arabaxhiu arabaxhiut arabaxhinjve arabaxhinjve
ablative arabaxhinjsh

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “arabaxhi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 42

Further reading

  • arabaxhi”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026