Albanian

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Etymology

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From *karth, variant of kërth. For semantic development compare kërthi (tiny, baby), Lithuanian tarnas (servant), Sanskrit तर्णक (tarṇaka, calf), तरुण (táruṇa, young, boy).[1]

Noun

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shkarth m (plural shkartha, definite shshkarthi, definite plural shkarthat)

  1. servant, slave
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkarth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 417-8