nobetçi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نوبتجی (nevbetçi, nöbetçi).^[1]

Noun

nobetçi f (definite nobetçia)

(archaic) sentry, guard
Synonyms: rojë, rojtar, karakoll

References

^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*nobetçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 338–339

Further reading

Jungg, G. (1895) “nobetcii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 91

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