akçi

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ahçí, akshí, hakshí

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آشجی‎ (aşçı), [script needed] (ahçı).[1][2]

Noun

akçí m (plural akçínj, definite akçíu); feminine equivalent akçéshë

  1. (colloquial, archaic) cook
    Synonyms: gjellëbë́rës, kuzhiniér

References
  1. Meyer, G. (1891), “ahtší”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI
  2. Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “akçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 33

Further reading
  • “akçi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “akscii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (in Latin), page 13: “cocus — hacscij òo coc”
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