qyqar

Albanian

Etymology

From qyq (wretched, miserable) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cyˈcaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: qy‧qár

Adjective

qyqar (feminine qyqare) (also noun)

  1. poor, miserable, wretched, hapless
    Synonyms: fatkeq, i shkretë, i mjerë, i ngratë
  2. alone, desolate, forsaken
    Synonym: i vetëm
  3. incapable, helpless, weak
    Synonym: i pazoti

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • qyqar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “qyq [] ar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 421