çifçi

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dialectal Ottoman Turkish چفتجی (çiftçi).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃifˈt͡ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃi
  • Hyphenation: çif‧çí

Noun[edit]

çifçi m (plural çifçinj, definite çifçiu, definite plural çifçinjtë)

  1. (historical) sharecropper, tenant farmer, serf (mostly under the feudal system)
    Synonyms: pendar, çifligar, bujkrob

Declension[edit]

Declension of çifçi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative çifçi çifçinj çifçiu çifçinjtë
accusative çifçiun
dative çifçiu çifçinjve çifçiut çifçinjvet
ablative çifçinjsh

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çifçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 111

Further reading[edit]

  • “çifçi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “çifçi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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