zagar

See also: Zagar and zağar

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested in Byzantine Greek as ζαγάριον (zagárion, “hunting dog, setter dog”).[1] Modern Greek ζαγάρι (zagári, “hunting dog”) represents a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish, along with corresponding terms in South Slavic such as Bulgarian and Macedonian загар (zagar, “hound”), Serbo-Croatian zagar (“id”). The ultimate origin of the word is not entirely clear.[2]

Could be a loan from:

Noun
  • zagar m (indefinite plural zagarë, definite singular zagari, definite plural zagarët)[4]
  • zagar f (indefinite plural zagare, definite singular zagarja, definite plural zagaret)[5]
  1. hunting dog (specifically pointer,[6] greyhound), hound
    Synonym: zarë, zar, zari qen, laro, langua, qen gjahu
  2. (figurative) (decent and humble) servant, farmhand, hostler
    Synonym: shërbyes, vasal, rob
  3. (figurative, derogatory) (male person) hunter (a man chasing females), a prostitute's client, punter, hustler / (female person) bitch, slut, hooker
    Synonym: kurvan m, kurvë f, lavire f, kudër f
  4. (figurative, derogatory) (town) tramp, hobo, bum
    Synonym: rrugaç m, rrugaçe f, endacak

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

References
  1. (turk) zaghar - (lat) canis ferarum odorator - (ger) Jagdhund/Spürhund - (it) bracco, cane da caccia - (fr) chien de chaffe, braque - (pol) ogar) in "Thesaurus linguarum Orientalium Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae: praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens nimirum lexicon Turcico-Arabico-Persicum ... quarum quae Turcis usitatae aut communi usus sunt, Latinè, Germanicè, Italicè, Gallicè, Polonicè ... " - by Francisci à Mesgnien Meninski (Franciszek a Mesgnien Meniński), Year 1680, Page 2449-2450
  2. Albanian zagar in "Die Lehnwörter im Wortschatz der spätbyzantinischen historiographischen Literatur" (German, "The loanwords in the vocabulary of late Byzantine historiographical literature") - De Gryter, Vratislav Zervan (publ.), Year 2019, Page 52: (Byzant. Greek) ζαγάριον, τό, 》...Das Wort hat sich im Neugriech., Bulg.³ und Alb.⁴ erhalten.《 (Transl.: ...The word has been preserved in modern Greek, Bulgarian³ and Albanian⁴.)
  3. (Greek) ζαγάρι in "Byzantinische Zeitschrift" (German, "Byzantine newspaper") - Karl Krumbacher, B.G. Teubner, Year 1930, Page 136
  4. noun zagar/zagár (indef.); zagari/zagári (definite, m.) in Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  5. noun zagare/zagáre (indef.) / zagarja/zagárja (def., f.) in Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  6. noun zagar in "Kendime anglisht-shqip or English-Albanian reader" - by Mrs. Margaret Masson (Hardie) Hasluck, Year 1932, Page: 111

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زغر‎ (zaǧar).

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

Noun

zàgār m (Cyrillic spelling за̀га̄р)

  1. hound (dog)

References
  • “zagar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 644
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