cergë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• çerëg — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چرگه (çerge), with the c- form via Greek τσέργα (tsérga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡seɾɡə/
• Rhymes: -eɾɡə

Noun

cergë f (plural cerga, definite cerga, definite plural cergat)

1. coarse rug, blanket, carpet, traditionally of goat's hair

   Synonym: qilim

   shtroj cergën ― lay down the rug

2. spiderweb, cobweb

   Synonym: pëlhurë merimange

3. old tattered clothes, rags

   Synonyms: lecka, rrecka, zhele

4. (archaic) tent (especially of Gypsies)

   Synonyms: shatorre, tendë

5. (Gheg) awning
6. (dialectal) squint, strabismus; cataract

Derived terms

• cergar
• cergatar
• cergoj
• cergos
• cergurinë

 

References

• “cérg/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 219ab
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “cergë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 47b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “τσέργε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 439
• Meyer, G. (1891) “tsergɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 440
• Rossi, F. (1875) “cèregh”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 131ab