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çifçi

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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

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  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

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  • “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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