porteg

Albanian

Alternative forms

portek — see etymology

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian pòrtego ~ Italian portico. From Buzuku's orthography it is ambiguous whether the attested form represents portegj or porteq.

Noun

porteg m (plural portegj) (archaic, hapax)

porch, portico
Synonyms: hajat, treme, postre
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, John 5:2, page 45v, lines 69–71:
  ꝑ enbii gneh ȣieh ћi hi ξosne pro/baticha pisinah e gɛuξist hi ξone: betesai/da: ћi chaa pesse porteћ
  [për ënbī një ujë qi i thosnë probatika pishina e xhudhisht i thonë betesaida qi kā pesë portegj]
  on a water which they call piscina probatica in and in Hebrew they call Bethsaida which has five porches

References

Dashi, B. (2013) “portego”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 341
Mann, S. E. (1948) “portég”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 396a