çengi

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === çingi, çengë === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چنگی (çengi), from Classical Persian چَنْگِی (čangī). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈɡi/ Rhymes: -i Hyphenation: çen‧gí === Noun === çengi f (plural çengí, definite çengía, definite plural çengítë) (archaic) public dancer (usually accompanied by a band) Synonym: valltare (derogatory) immoral, frivolous woman Synonyms: bishtpërdredhur, përdalë (central Gheg, Krujë) deceiver ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 “çengi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Mann, S. E. (1948), “çengë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 57