qyrek
Albanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürek, “shovel, oar, paddle”), ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *küre- (“to rake”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editqyrek m (plural qyrekë, definite qyreku, definite plural qyrekët)
Declension
editDeclension of qyrek
References
edit- “qyrek”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “qyrek”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qyrek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 385