Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آشجی (aşçı), [script needed] (ahçı).[2][3]

Noun edit

akçí m (plural akçínj, definite akçíu); feminine equivalent akçéshë

  1. (colloquial, archaic) cook
    Synonyms: gjellëbë́rës, kuzhiniér

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “akscii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ahtší”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language]‎[1] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI
  3. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “akçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 33

Further reading edit

  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 13:cocus — hacscij òo coc
  • “akçi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “akçi”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]