From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (aklık), from آق (ak, “white”).[1]
akllék m (plural aklléqe, definite aklléku)
- makeup, cosmetic
- Synonyms: ndërtí, tualét
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “akllek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 34
- Jungg, G. (1895) “akλek”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
- Newmark, L. (1999) “akllek”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[1]
