këngëtar

Albanian

Etymology

From këngë (“song”) +‎ -tar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənɡəˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

këngëtar m (plural këngëtarë, definite këngëtari, definite plural këngëtarët)

1. singer

Alternative forms

• kangtar, kanktar, kangatar — Gheg
• këngëtor — regional
  • këngëtuar, këngëtor — Tosk
  • kangtur, kanktuer, kankëtuer, kankatuer — Gheg
  • kankatuer, kanëkëtur — Gheg, archaic

Derived terms

• kanktareshë

 

Adjective

këngëtar (feminine këngëtare)

1. singing

Alternative forms

• këngëtor

Derived terms

• zog këngëtar

 

References

• “këngëtár,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 818a
• “këngëtár,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 818a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kânga-tar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 182a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “κε̯νγε̯τούαρ-όρι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 151
• Jungg, G. (1895) “kanghtuur”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 53f.
• Meyer, G. (1891) “kɛngɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 187
• Rossi, F. (1875) “kanktaar”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 635a