angësht
Albanian
Etymology
Enlargement of ang, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”). Compare Latin angustus (“narrow”), German Angst (“fear”).[1] Doublet to Latin-borrowed ngushtë.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋɡəʃt/
Adjective
angësht m (feminine angështe)
- tight (clothes)
- stingy, scrooge, tight-fisted
Adverb
angësht
- uneasily, worriedly, wistfully
Synonyms
- ngushtë
Related terms
- ang
- angari
- eng
- ankth
- angërduf
- angullin
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79