harxh
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خرج (ꭓarɟ/harc/harç, “expenditure, outlay, expenses”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɾd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -aɾd͡ʒ
Noun
harxh m (plural hárxhe, definite hárxhi, definite plural hárxhet) (chiefly colloquial)
- groceries, foodstuff, household provisions
- outlay, expense
- Synonym: shpenzim
- material required, supplies
- fabric and thread used to adorn traditional embroidered clothing
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | harxh | harxhi | harxhe | harxhet |
| accusative | harxhin | |||
| dative | harxhi | harxhit | harxheve | harxheve |
| ablative | harxhesh | |||
Derived terms
- harxhim
- harxhoj
- harxhues
References
- ^ Redhouse's Turkish dictionary : in two parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English. Page 550.
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “harxh”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 192
Further reading
- “harxh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “harxh, harç”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 155