batanije

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بطانیه‎ (battaniye, “blanket”), itself from Arabic بَطَّانِيَّة‎ (baṭṭāniyya, “blanket”).

Noun

batanije f

  1. blanket (cloth)
    • 1986, Agim Cerga, Legjenda e vadave:
      Hodhi mbi krahë një batanije dhe tasin ia vuri përpara këlyshit .
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Further reading
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “batanije”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste
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