Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (ahçılık, aşçılık), whence Turkish aşçılık.[2] By surface analysis, akçí (cook) +‎ -llëk.

Noun

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akçillë́k m (definite akçillë́ku)

  1. cooking, cookery (occupation)
    Synonym: gjellëtarí

References

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  1. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “aksciλek”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
  2. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “akçillëk”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 33

Further reading

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  • Newmark, L. (1999) “akçillëk”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[1]