saraç
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sarac"
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (saraç, “saddler, leatherworker”), itself from Arabic سَرَّاج (sarrāj, “saddler”), ultimately from Aramaic סַרָּגָא (sarrāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܣܰܪܳܓܳܐ), from סְרַג (srag, “to bind, to plait”) (in Classical Syriac ܣܪܰܓ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
saraç m (plural saraçë, definite saraçi, definite plural saraçët)
- leatherworker, leather craftsman, saddler
- Synonym: lëkurëpunues
Declension[edit]
Declension of saraç
References[edit]
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “saraç”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 410