arixhi
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editarixhi m (plural arixhinj, definite arhixhiu, definite plural arixhinjtë)
Derived terms
editReferences
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