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Gajdexhi (m)

(with) definite article: Gajdexhiu
plural: Gajdexhinj; (with) definite article: Gajdexhinjtë
(the) piper(s)

any person who plays some kind of bagpipe (&c.)

Identical types: 127

The spelling "Gajdexhiju" as the form with definite article (➺ Jugoton record) is not conform to standard Albanian grammatical practice; NB: ➺ Kosovo.

Ai që i bie gajdes, Gajdegji

Sources

Tole, Vasil S.: Enciklopedia e muzikës popullore shqiptare. Tiranë, 2001.

Tole, Vasil S.: Inventory of performers on iso-polyphony. Tirana, 2010.

♫ Jugoton LPY-V-853 (Vaj moj lule), A2 (Gajdexhiju).

Personal communication

Besim Maliqi (Haarlem, 12 Feb. 2018 & 2 June 2019).

Web

imtranslator.net (piper)
YouTube (Gajdexhiju [Note the correct spelling (Gajdexhiu) on the record sleeve; ws])
NB: Oddly, the source claims "Qamili, Vogel" [sic] to be the singer; It is, however, Shahindere Bërlajoli; Qamili i Vogël [Note the correct orthography] is a male singer...

Dictionaries, &c.

Buchholz, Oda / Fiedler, Wilfried / Uhlisch, Gerda: Wörterbuch Albanisch-Deutsch. Leipzig, 1981 (2nd printing), p.657-662.

Kacori, Thoma: A handbook of Albanian. Sofia, 1979, p.202.

Gjuha letrare shqipe: elemente të normës së sotme letrare [Albanian literary language: elements of today’s literary norm]. Prishtinë, 1984 (2), p.40.