Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوطهجی (odacı), derived from اوطه (oda) + ـجی (cı, -ci).[1]
- IPA(key): /odaˈd͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
- Hyphenation: o‧da‧xhí
odaxhi m (definite odaxhiu)
- chamber valet, servant
- Synonym: shërbëtor
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “odaxhi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 341