sfungjer

Albanian

Alternative forms

• sfëngjer, sfingjer — dialectal
• sungjer, syngjer — dialectal
• synjer, synjyr, syngjyr — dialectal, Gheg
• sfung, sfungar, sfëngar — directly from Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سونگر (sünger), from Greek σφουγγάρι (sfoungári). Doublet of shpuzë and shponxë.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

sfungjer m (plural sfungjerë)

1. sponge (Porifera)
2. sponge (for washing)
   • 1761, Elbasan Gospel Manuscript, page 9, lines 12–15:

     𐔓𐔇𐔛𐔈𐔙 𐔏𐔇 / 𐔗𐔈𐔙 𐔝𐔀 𐔗𐔀𐔒 𐔝𐔈 𐔒𐔈 𐔏𐔖𐔕𐔈𐔓𐔈 𐔝𐔈 / 𐔗𐔀𐔁𐔇𐔛𐔈𐔝𐔈 𐔒𐔇 𐔕𐔈 𐔛𐔟𐔋𐔇𐔙 𐔒𐔁𐔟/𐔜𐔟𐔓 𐔟𐔞𐔟𐔐 𐔇 𐔗𐔜𐔝𐔟𐔒𐔈

     nesër ke / për ta pam të më konjënë të / pabesëtë me një sugjer mbu/shun uthul e pshtumë

     Tomorrow you will see how the faithless stuff me with a sponge filled with vinegar and spit.

Derived terms

• sfungjeror
• sfungjertë

 

References

• “sfungjér,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1747b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “syngjer”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 434
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “sfëngjer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 449b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σφουνγάρ-ι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 382
• Jungg, G. (1895) “sȣgnȣr”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 145a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “sfɛngár”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 382f.