lekë

See also: leke and Lekë

English

Noun

lekë

1. plural of lek

Anagrams

• Kele, Leek, elke, keel, leek

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly akin to lak (“trap; bend; curve”) and flak (“to swing, throw”).

Noun

lékë f (definite léka)

1. top of the head. sinciput

   Near-synonym: but

2. royalty historically used as title of a lord (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”), a reflection or calque of Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, literally “the white ones”), a tribe southern Illyria.

Noun

lékë m pl (definite lékët)

1. inhabitants of northern Albanian mountains. inhabitants of Mbishkodra

   Hypernym: malësor (“hihglander, mountaineer”)

Related terms

• Leka