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çifçi

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From dialectal Ottoman Turkish چفتجی (çiftçi).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃifˈt͡ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃi
  • Hyphenation: çif‧çí

Noun edit

çifçi m (plural çifçinj, definite çifçiu, definite plural çifçinjtë)

  1. (historical) sharecropper, tenant farmer, serf (mostly under the feudal system)
    Synonyms: pendar, çifligar, bujkrob

Declension edit

Declension of çifçi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative çifçi çifçinj çifçiu çifçinjtë
accusative çifçiun
dative çifçiu çifçinjve çifçiut çifçinjvet
ablative çifçinjsh

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çifçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 111

Further reading edit

  • “çifçi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “çifçi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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