Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنعت (sanat, zanat).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zaˈnat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: za‧nát

Noun edit

zanat m (plural zanate, definite zanati, definite plural zanatet)

  1. craft, handwork, profession, art
    Synonyms: zeje, mjeshtëri, profesion, aftësi
  2. (colloquial) duty, job
    Synonym: detyrë
  3. habit, skill or vice
    Synonyms: zakon, shprehi, ves

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References edit

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “zanát”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 481
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “zanat”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1614
  3. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zanat”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 523

Further reading edit

  • “zanat”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2209
  • zanat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “zanát”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 573

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنعت (sanat, zanat) (Turkish sanat), from Arabic صَنْعَة (ṣanʕa).

Noun edit

zànāt m (Cyrillic spelling за̀на̄т)

  1. trade, craft, skill
  2. handicraft

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Synonyms edit

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