qyqek
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
In Giacomo Jungg's dictionary this word is marked as a Turkism. See also Bulgarian кючек (kjuček), Macedonian чочек (čoček) and Serbo-Croatian čoček／чочек.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qyqek m (Gheg, archaic, turkism)
- dancer
- Me qet trupin si qyqek
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- Çka po luen o qyqek, qyqek?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- a musical genre and dance emerged in the balkans during the 19th century that originated from Ottoman military bands, which at that time were scattered across the region, mostly through the areas of today's Serbia, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Romania.
References edit
- Jungg, G. (1895) “cᴕcek”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 19
- Kajtazi, Halil (1972) Nga lirika popullore e Drenicës[1], page 127
- Rechberger, Herman (2016) Balkania — Rhythms in songs and dances from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, The Rep. of Macedonia, Romania and Serbia[2], 2016 edition, Fennica Gehrman, page 41