Albanian

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Either from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (shirt, armour, hauberk), via Gothic or from Proto-Slavic *sorka (shirt). Schuhard and Meyer claim a borrowing from either Latin serica or Latin sarica[1]

Noun

edit

sharkë f

  1. female gown (made of wool, covering the shoulders and the chest)
  2. a black spottet sheep
edit

Etymology 2

edit

Unknown.

Noun

edit

sharkë f

  1. (archaic) lyre

References

edit
  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sharkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 408