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zagar

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See also: Zagar and zağar

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested in 1635,[1] borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zağar).[2][3] Compare Greek ζαγάρι (zagári), Macedonian загар (zagar), Serbo-Croatian zàgār / за̀га̄р.

Noun

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zagar m (plural zagarë, definite zagari, female equivalent zagare)

  1. greyhound, hunting dog
    Synonyms: langua, qen gjahu
  2. (derogatory) lackey, stooge, flunkey
    Synonyms: laro; shërbyes, rob
  3. (vulgar) tramp, vagabond who tails women in the streets
    Synonyms: rrugaç, endacak

Declension

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Declension of zagar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zagar zagari zagarë zagarët
accusative zagarin
dative zagari zagarit zagarëve zagarëve
ablative zagarësh

References

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  1. ^ Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181: “vertagus — ɛagaar”
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “zagā́r, zār”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 480
  3. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “zagar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 521–522

Further reading

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  • “zagar”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر (zaǧar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zǎɡaːr/
  • Hyphenation: za‧gar

Noun

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zàgār m anim (Cyrillic spelling за̀га̄р)

  1. hound (dog)

Further reading

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  • “zagar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 644
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