pranga

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from a variant of Italian spranga (“bolt, latch”), likely through Ottoman Turkish پرانغه (pranga, “fetters”), at least in the meaning “fetters”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾanɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa

Noun

pranga f pl

1. shackles, fetters

   Synonym: hallka

2. (figurative) obstacle, hindrance

   Synonym: pengesë

3. (archaic) See prangë sg (“bolt, latch”).

Derived terms

• prangoj

 

References

• “pranga”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1530a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “pranga”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 365
• Dashi, B. (2013) “spranga”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 407
• Meyer, G. (1891) “prangɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 350f.