axhë

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عمجه (ʼamca), either directly[1] by reduction of the otherwise unusual cluster [md͡ʒ][2], or extracted out of xhaxha (as if xh-axha), itself perhaps a reduplication of xha.

Noun

áxhë m (plural axhë, definite axha, definite plural axhët)

  1. paternal uncle (father's brother)
    Synonym: xhaxha

Declension

Declension of axhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative axhë axha axhë axhët
accusative axhën
dative axha axhët axhëve axhëve
ablative axhësh

See also

  • dajë (“maternal uncle”)

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “axhë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 52
  2. ^ A. Friedman, Victor; D. Joseph, Brian (2025), The Balkan Languages (Cambridge Languages Survey), Cambridge University Press

Further reading

  • “axhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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