jollxhi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یولجی‎ (yolcu).

Noun

jollxhi m (plural jollxhinj) (archaic)

  1. boatswain
    Synonyms: bocman, nostrom

Adjective

jollxhi (feminine jollxhie) (archaic)

  1. travelling, itinerant
    Synonym: shëtitës

References
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “joλgii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 50b
  • Giochálas, Títos (1980) Τὸ Ἑλληνο–Ἀλβανικὸν Λεξικὸν τοῦ Μάρκου Μπότσαρη (in Greek), Athens, 112:1530, page 193: “ναφκληρος [ναύκληρος] — γιολτζὴ [jollxhí]”
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “*jollxhi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 231
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