zarbanik

Albanian

Etymology

From zarbë (“scrap, rag”) +‎ -nik, with the middle -a- as a connecting particle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaɾbaˈnik]

Noun

zarbanik f (plural zarbanikë, definite zarbaniku, definite plural zarbanikët)

1. person dressed in rags, ragamuffin, hobo

   Synonyms: leckaman, zhelan

2. scoundrel, hore

   Synonym: rrugaç

Declension

Declension of zarbanik

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zarbanik	zarbaniku	zarbanikë	zarbanikët
accusative		zarbanikun
dative	zarbaniku	zarbanikut	zarbanikëve	zarbanikëve
ablative			zarbanikësh

Further reading

• “zarbanik”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “zarbanik”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press