penxhere

Albanian

Alternative forms

• pexhere — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پنجره (pencere), from Persian پنجره (panjere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈd͡ʒeɾe/
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Hyphenation: pen‧xhé‧re

Noun

penxhere f (plural penxhére, definite penxhérja, definite plural penxhéret)

1. (colloquial) window

   Synonym: dritare

Derived terms

• penxherkë

Further reading

• “penxhere”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “penxhere”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “pexhere”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 362