nafakë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• nafaka, nafak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفقه (nafaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈfakə/
• Rhymes: -akə

Noun

nafakë f (definite nafaka) (colloquial)

1. luck, fortune

   Synonyms: fat, mbarësi, baft

   me nafakë ― luckily

   nafakë e keqe, nafakë e zezë ― bad luck

   nafakë e mirë ― good luck

Derived terms

• i panafakë
• nafakëkëputur
• nafakëmadh
• nafakëprerë
• nafakli

 

Adjective

i nafakë (archaic)

1. lucky

   Synonym: fatmirë

References

• “nafak/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1195f.
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “nafaka”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 327
• Jungg, G. (1895) “nafak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 86a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “nafák”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 296
• Rossi, F. (1875) “nafàk”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 861ab