Wiktionary

gjoks

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گوگس (göks).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gjoks m (plural gjokse, definite gjoksi)

  1. chest, thorax
    Synonyms: kraharor, parzëm
  2. breast, breasts
    Synonyms: gjinj, sisa
  3. (figurative) heart (as the container of emotions)
    Synonym: kraharor
    me gjoks ― with all one's might

Declension edit

Declension of gjoks
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gjoks gjokse gjoksi gjokset
accusative gjoksin
dative gjoksi gjokseve gjoksit gjoksevet
ablative gjoksesh

References edit

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjoks”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174

Further reading edit

  • “gjoks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “gjoks”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
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