yzengji

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوزنگی‎ (üzengi).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

yzengji f (plural yzengji, definite yzengjia)

  1. stirrup (of a saddle)
  2. (anatomy) stapes, stirrup

References
  • “yzengji”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2206b
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “yzengji”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 520
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “yzengjí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 571b
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “zenǵī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482
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