peshtaf

Albanian

Alternative forms

• peshtah

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتخته (peştahta), from Classical Persian پیشْتَخْتَه (pēštaxta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peʃˈtaf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Hyphenation: pesh‧táf

Noun

peshtaf m (plural peshtafe, definite peshtafi, definite plural peshtafet)

1. jewelry box, cash box

   peshtafi i nuses ― the bride's jewelry box

Further reading

• “peshtaf”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “peshtaf”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006