hajgare

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hajgar m

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish haygara (“joker; joke”), a Kosovo dialectal variant of yaygara (“fuss”). Compare Serbo-Croatian àjgara／а̀јгара, hàjgara／ха̀јгара (“sneer, joke, mockery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hajˈɡaɾe/
• Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

hajgare f (plural hajgare, definite hajgarja)

1. (regional) joke

   Synonyms: shaka, tallje, mahi, shpoti, mbrrakulli

   bëj hajgare ― to joke, kid

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hajgare.

Derived terms

• hajgarexhi

 

Further reading

• “hajgare”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “hajgar/e”, in Rečnik – Fjalor, 2019