angësht

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Enlargement of ang, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”). Compare Latin angustus (“narrow”), German Angst (“fear”).[1] Doublet to Latin-borrowed ngushtë.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

angësht (feminine angështe)

  1. tight (clothes)
  2. stingy, scrooge, tight-fisted

Adverb[edit]

angësht

  1. uneasily, worriedly, wistfully

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79
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