beqar

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bekar — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكَر (bikar, “virgin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈcaɾ/, [bɛˈcɕaɹ]

Noun

beqar m (plural beqarë, definite beqari, definite plural beqarët)

1. bachelor (a single or unmarried man)

Declension

Declension of beqar

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beqar	beqari	beqarë	beqarët
accusative		beqarin
dative	beqari	beqarit	beqarëve	beqarëve
ablative			beqarësh

References

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “beqar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 76