tenxhere

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • texhere — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تنجره (tencere).[1][2]

Noun

tenxhére or tenxheré f (plural tenxhére or tenxheré, definite tenxhérja or tenxheréja)

  1. pot, kettle, cooker
    Synonym: kusi
  2. (archaic) pan, saucepan; tin, tray
  3. potful of food, water, milk, etc.

Declension

Declension of tenxhere
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tenxhere tenxherja tenxhere tenxheret
accusative tenxheren
dative tenxhereje tenxheres tenxhereve tenxhereve
ablative tenxheresh

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “tenxhere”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1456
  2. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “tenxhere”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 473

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “tenxhere”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 513
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “tegere”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 154
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