çifligar
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom çiflig (“manor”) + -ar. For sense 2 compare Macedonian чифлигар (čifligar, “farmer”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editçifligar m (plural çifligarë)
- (now historical) landlord, lessor
- (archaic) farmer, tenant, lessee
- Synonym: çifçi
- (figurative) profiteer, exploiter
- Synonyms: shfrytëzues, shtrydhëtar
Alternative forms
editAdjective
editçifligar (feminine çifligare)
- (historical) manorial
- (figurative) exploitative
- Synonyms: shfrytëzues, shtrydhëtar
References
edit- “çifligár,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 258b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “çiflik […] çifligar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 59b