karshi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قارشو (karşı, karşu, “opposite”), from Proto-Turkic *kar-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈʃi/
  • Rhymes: -ʃi
  • Hyphenation: kar‧shí

Adverb

karshi

  1. (colloquial) in front, opposite, facing across, against
    Synonyms: përballë, kundrejt, ballë për ballë, përkundrejt

Preposition

karshi (+ablative) (colloquial)

  1. in front of
  2. in relation to
  3. in comparison

Noun

karshi m

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular and definite nominative plural of karsh

References
  • “karshi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “karshi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “karshi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 253
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