akçihane

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • akçiáne[1]
  • akshihane (NW Gheg)[2]

Etymology

Pseudo-loan from Ottoman Turkish, derived from آشجی (aşçı, “cook”) +‎ خانه (hane, “house, -place”). Compare rare Turkish aşçıhane, ahçıhane.[3]

Noun

akçiháne f (plural akçiháne, definite akçihánia) (colloquial, archaic)

  1. small restaurant
    Synonym: gjellëtóre
  2. kitchen
    Synonym: kuzhínë

References
  1. Newmark, L. (1999) “akçiane”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
  2. Jungg, G. (1895) “akscihane”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
  3. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “akçihane”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 33

Further reading
  • “akçihane”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 17
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “akçihane”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
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