pokrovë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• përkavë, prakov, prokav, pakrov

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *pokrovъ, whence Serbo-Croatian pòkrov／по̀кров.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ovə

Noun

pokrovë f (dialectal)

1. sheet

   Synonym: çarçaf

2. shroud, winding cloth

   Synonyms: qefin, çarçaf

3. arrow

   Synonym: shëgjetë

References

• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “pokrovë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 202f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “pokrovë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 394a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “pokrovε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 347
• Rossi, F. (1875) “pokròv”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1020