duhanxhi

Albanian

Etymology

From an uncommon Ottoman Turkish دخانجی (duhancı). Compare Turkish duhancı, Serbo-Croatian duvándžija／дува́нџија, duhándžija／духа́нџија. By surface analysis, duhan +‎ -xhi.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

duhanxhi m (plural duhanxhinj, definite duhanxhiu)

  1. (archaic) tobacconist
    Synonyms: duhanshitës, cigareshitës
  2. (colloquial) smoker

References
  • “duhanxhi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 384a
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “duhangii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 25b
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “duhangìi”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 316a
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