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zagar

See also: Zagar and zağar

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1635,[1] borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zaǧar).[2][3] Compare Greek ζαγάρι (zagári), Macedonian загар (zagar), Serbo-Croatian zàgār／за̀га̄р.

Noun edit

zagar m (plural zagarë, definite zagari); feminine equivalent zagare

  1. greyhound, hunting dog
    Synonyms: langua, qen gjahu
  2. (derogatory) lackey, stooge, flunkey
    Synonyms: laro; shërbyes, rob
  3. (vulgar) tramp, vagabond who tails women in the streets
    Synonyms: rrugaç, endacak

Declension edit

Declension of zagar
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative zagar zagarë zagari zagarët
accusative zagarin
dative zagari zagarëve zagarit zagarëvet
ablative zagarësh

References edit

  1. ^ Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181: “vertagus — ɛagaar”
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “zagā́r, zār”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 480
  3. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zagar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 521–522

Further reading edit

  • “zagar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “zagar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zaǧar).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zǎɡaːr/
  • Hyphenation: za‧gar

Noun edit

zàgār m (Cyrillic spelling за̀га̄р)

  1. hound (dog)

References edit

  • “zagar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 644
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