kapardisem

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قبارمق (kabarmak, “to swell, to be puffed up, to assume airs of importance, to swagger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapaɾˈdisem/
• Rhymes: -isem

Verb

kapardisem (aorist u kapardisa, participle u kapardisur)

1. to brag, boast
2. to strut around showing off
3. to dress up, disguise oneself
4. to gallivant

Derived terms

• kapardisje

 

Further reading

• “kapardisem”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 782b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kapar […] -dísem”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 182b