evgjit

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek γύφτος (gýftos, “Gipsy”), with regressive metathesis of the f, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios, “Egyptian”). For the apparent, and possibly concidental, retention of the initial /e/ compare Aromanian gheghiftu.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

evgjit m (plural evgjitë or (dialectal) evgjitër)

  1. Balkan Egyptian, Jevg
    Synonyms: jevg, egjiptian, magjyp
  2. (inexact) Gypsy, Roma
    Synonyms: cigan, arixhi, magjyp

Derived terms
  • evgjitëri
  • evgjitkë
  • jevg

References
  • “evgjít,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 439a
  • Kume, Juljana (2020), “The classification of Greek lexical loan elements in the Albanian language based on borrowing ways”, in Studia Albanica‎, issue 2, page 106
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “evgjit”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 97b
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “evǵít”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 97
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