evgjit

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • jevgjit, vgjit, jevjit — dialectal

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, number 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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 97
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