aheng

See also: Āhēng and ahəng

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آهنك (âhenk).[1]

Noun

aheng m (plural ahengje, definite ahengu, definite plural ahengjet)

  1. party
  2. (colloquial) musical revelry, including singing, dancing, and instrumental music; party with musical fun
  3. (derogatory) unrestrained revelry with excessive drinking and disorderly conduct
  4. folk band that plays the music for a party
  5. urban folk music (as opposed to traditional folk music of rural areas and to epic and ritual songs), popular music

Declension

Declension of aheng
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aheng ahengu ahengje ahengjet
accusative ahengun
dative ahengu ahengut ahengjeve ahengjeve
ablative ahengjesh

Derived terms

  • ahengxhi (performer)

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “aheng”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 39

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “aheng”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 3
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • aheng”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آهَنْگ (āhang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈhɛŋɡ/

Noun

aheng f

  1. tune
  2. tone

Declension

Declension of aheng
definite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative aheng aheng
construct ahenga ahengên
oblique ahengê ahengan
demonstrative oblique ahengê wan ahengan
vocative ahengê ahengino
indefinite feminine gender
case singular plural
nominative ahengek ahengin
construct ahengeke ahengine
oblique ahengekê ahenginan

References

  • Thackston, W. M. (2006), Kurmanji Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings[2], Renas Media, page 196

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːˌxeːnɡ/, [ˈɑːˌheːŋɡ]

Verb

āhēng

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of āhōn