xhuxh
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جوجه (cüce),[1] altered either by contamination with xhuxhmaxhuxh (“dwarf”)[1] or because it was loaned through Macedonian џуџе (džudže).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xhuxh m (plural xhuxhë); feminine equivalent xhuxhe
- (folklore) dwarf, gnome
- short-legged person, midget, shorty
- Synonym: shkurtabiq
Adjective edit
xhuxh (feminine xhuxhe)
- short (of height), short-legged
- Synonym: shkurtabiq
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “xhuxh”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 515–516
Further reading edit
- “xhuxh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2202
- Topalli, K. (2017) “xhuxh”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1606