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allajbe

Albanian

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Etymology

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From an older *allajbeg, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay) Ottoman Turkish بك (beg).[1]

Noun

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allajbe (historical)

  1. regional commander of military or police forces

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “allajbe”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 37
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