beqar

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bekar — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكَر (bikar, “virgin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈcaɾ/, [bɛˈcɕaɹ]

Noun

beqar m (plural beqarë, definite beqari, definite plural beqarët)

1. bachelor (a single or unmarried man)

Declension

Declension of beqar

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	beqar	beqarë	beqari	beqarët
accusative			beqarin
dative	beqari	beqarëve	beqarit	beqarëve
ablative		beqarësh

References

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “beqar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 76