zarzavate

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زرزوات (zerzavat), from Classical Persian سَبْزَوَاتْ (sabzawāt, “vegetables”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zaɾzaˈvate/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: zar‧za‧vá‧te

Noun

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zarzavate f (plural zarzaváte, definite zarzavátja, definite plural zarzavátet)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) vegetable
    Synonym: perime

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zarzavate”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 525

Further reading

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  • “zarzavate”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “zarzavate”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “zarzavat”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 574
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