mexhite

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مجیدیه (mecidiye, “medjidie”),[1][2] likely conflated with its source مجید (mecid, “glorious, famous”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈd͡ʒite/
  • Rhymes: -ite

Noun

mexhite f (plural mexhite)

  1. (archaic, numismatics) medjidie, a silver coin of the Ottoman period worth 20 groshë, 4 çerekje

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “mexhite”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 309
  2. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “mexhite”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 309

Further reading
  • “mexhite”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1122
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “migid”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 191
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