zagar

See also: Zagar and zağar

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1635,[1] borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zaǧar).[2][3] Compare Greek ζαγάρι (zagári), Macedonian загар (zagar), Serbo-Croatian zàgār／за̀га̄р.

Noun

zagar m (plural zagarë, definite zagari); feminine equivalent zagare

  1. greyhound, hunting dog
    Synonyms: langua, qen gjahu
  2. (derogatory) lackey, stooge, flunkey
    Synonyms: laro; shërbyes, rob
  3. (vulgar) tramp, vagabond who tails women in the streets
    Synonyms: rrugaç, endacak

Declension
Declension of zagar
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative zagar zagarë zagari zagarët
accusative zagarin
dative zagari zagarëve zagarit zagarëvet
ablative zagarësh

References
  1. Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181: “vertagus — ɛagaar”
  2. Meyer, G. (1891) “zagā́r, zār”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 480
  3. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zagar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 521–522

Further reading
  • “zagar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “zagar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zaǧar).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zǎɡaːr/
  • Hyphenation: za‧gar

Noun

zàgār m (Cyrillic spelling за̀га̄р)

  1. hound (dog)

References
  • “zagar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 644
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