llokandaxhi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوقنطه‌جی (lokantacı), لوقنده‌جی (lokandacı). By surface analysis, llokandë (“inn”) +‎ -xhi.

Noun

llokandaxhi m (plural llokandaxhinj)

1. (Gheg) innkeeper

Further reading

• Meyer, G. (1891) “lokandε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 232