Gheg

English

Alternative forms

• Geg

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian gegë, with the spelling possibly from Italian ghego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

Gheg (plural Ghegs)

1. Member of an Albanian people inhabiting northern Albania, Kosovo and parts of North Macedonia and Montenegro.

   Yugoslav Ghegs

Adjective

Gheg (comparative more Gheg, superlative most Gheg)

1. Of or pertaining to this people.

   Gheg dialects

Proper noun

Gheg

1. The Albanian language spoken by this people.

Translations

language

• Albanian:

  Gheg: gegnishte f

  Tosk: gegë (sq), gegërishte (sq) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓋格方言 / 盖格方言 (Gàigé fāngyán)

• Dutch: Gegisch (nl)
• Esperanto: gega, gega lingvo, geg-albana lingvo
• French: guègue (fr) m
• German: Gegisch (de) n
• Italian: ghego m
• Japanese: ゲグ方言 (Gegu-hōgen)
• Russian: ге́гский диале́кт m (gégskij dialékt), ге́гский m (gégskij)
• Spanish: guego

See also

• Tosk
• Arvanitika
• Arbëresh
• Ethnologue entry for Gheg, aln ⁠

Anagrams

• Hegg