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)

  1. groceries, foodstuff, household provisions
  2. outlay, expense
    Synonym: shpenzim
  3. material required, supplies
  4. fabric and thread used to adorn traditional embroidered clothing

Declension

Declension of harxh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative harxh harxhi harxhe harxhet
accusative harxhin
dative harxhi harxhit harxheve harxheve
ablative harxhesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse's Turkish dictionary : in two parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English. Page 550.
  2. ^ 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