kreshnik

Albanian

Alternative forms

• krashnik
• krazhnik
• kërzhnik

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾɛʃˈnik/

Noun

kreshnik m (plural kreshnikë, definite kreshniku, definite plural kreshnikët)

1. hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors
2. champion

Declension

Declension of kreshnik

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kreshnik	kreshnikë	kreshniku	kreshnikët
accusative			kreshnikun
dative	kreshniku	kreshnikëve	kreshnikut	kreshnikëve
ablative		kreshnikësh

Derived terms

• kreshnike
• kreshniki