angari

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hangari

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آنغاریه (anğariye).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡaˈɾi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

angari f (plural angari) (originally Gheg)

1. (historical) corvee, forced labour
2. (figurative) chore, drudgery

   Synonym: hamallëk

3. (dialectal) need, necessity, compulsion

   Synonym: nevojë

4. (dialectal) oppression

   Synonyms: shtypje, trysni

Declension

Declension of angari

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	angari	angaria	angari	angaritë
accusative		angarinë
dative	angarie	angarisë	angarive	angarive
ablative			angarish

Adverb

angari (originally Gheg)

1. by force and without any compensation
2. reluctantly, unwillingly

   Synonym: zvarrë

References

• “angarí,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 35ab
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “angarí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 7b
• Meyer, G. (1891), “angarī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 12

Further reading

• Huld, Martin E. (1986), “Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung, volume 99, number 2, →JSTOR, page 247

Italian

Verb

angari

1. inflection of angariare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• aragni, argani, argina, aringa, granai, ignara

Latin

Noun

angarī

1. vocative singular of angarius

References

• “angari”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old High German

Noun

angarī n

1. alternative form of angar (“weevil”)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “angarī”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition