pranga

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from a variant of Italian spranga (“bolt, latch”), likely through Ottoman Turkish پرانغه‎ (pranga, “fetters”), at least in the meaning “fetters”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾanɡa/
  • Rhymes: -anɡa

Noun

pranga f pl

  1. shackles, fetters
    Synonym: hallka
  2. (figurative) obstacle, hindrance
    Synonym: pengesë
  3. (archaic) See prangë sg (“bolt, latch”).

Derived terms
  • prangoj

References
  • “pranga”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1530a
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “pranga”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 365
  • Dashi, B. (2013), “spranga”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 407
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “prangɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 350f.
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