arixhi
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ari (“bear”) + -xhi, since in circuses usually people of Roma background would be bear tamers. Compare Romanian ursar, Greek αρκουδιάρης (arkoudiáris), Bulgarian мечка́р (mečkár), also commonly used to refer to Gypsies.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arixhi m (plural arixhinj, definite arhixhiu, definite plural arixhinjtë)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “arixhí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 49a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “arixhí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 11a