qose

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوسه (köse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcose/
• Rhymes: -ose

Noun

qose m (plural qose, definite qosja)

1. beardless man

   Synonym: spërk

2. (folklore) Cheeky, sly, mischievous child in folk tales, usually accompanied by the qerosi.

Adjective

qose (invariable)

1. beardless

   Synonyms: pa mjekërr, qosarak

Derived terms

• qosarak

 

References

• “qose”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1618a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qose”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 381
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “qose”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 420a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ḱose”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 1891