bekçi

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === bekshi — Tosk === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكجی (bekçi, “guard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bekˈt͡ʃi/ Rhymes: -t͡ʃi Hyphenation: bek‧çí === Noun === bekçi m (plural bekçinj, definite bekçiu, definite plural bekçinjtë) (archaic) rural police, ranger, field patrol (watchman appointed to guard crops) Synonym: pendar ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 “bekçi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “bekçi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 73 == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish بكجی (bekçi, “guard”). === Noun === bekçi (definite accusative bekçiyi, plural bekçiler) guard ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bekçi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu