Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Attested only in Gheg. From a Slavic language, most likely Serbo-Croatian bobolnik, from earlier bobovnik.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

babanik m (plural babanikë, definite babaniku, definite plural babanikët)

  1. (botany) stonecrop (Sedum)

References edit

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “babanik”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 151
  2. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “babanik”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 96