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

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]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 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

• "angarī" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)