Albanian

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Etymology

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Diminutive with prefixed with stër- (great) +‎ qok (pecker) +‎ . Similar to stërkas and qokth.[1]

Noun

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stërqokë f (plural stërqokë, definite stërqoka, definite plural stërqokat) (zoology)

  1. jackdaw

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “stërqokë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

Further reading

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  • “stërqokë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • stërqokë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “stërqok”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 461