përkavë

Albanian

Etymology

A variant of pokrovë (“sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəɾˈkavə/
• Rhymes: -avə

Noun

përkavë f (plural përkava)

1. woven wooly sheet, cover, blanket

   Synonyms: velenxë, levencë, çull

2. saddlecloth, saddle blanket

   Synonym: plaf

References

• “përkavë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1441b
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “pokrovë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 202f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “përkavë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 370b