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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian drȕga／дру̏га, drȗg／дру̑г, from Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ (“bar, pole”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drugë f (plural druga, definite druga, definite plural drugat)
- spindle, distaff
- Synonym: bosht
- shuttle (of a loom), spool, bobbin
- Synonyms: sovajkë, mëqik, masur
- forked distaff
- Synonym: furkë
- (regional) slingshot handle
- (dialectal) circumlocution
- Synonym: perifrazim
Derived terms
References
- “drúg/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 380ab
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “drug”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 84b
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “drugë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 68b
- Leotti, Angelo (1916) “drug-a”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 67
- Weigand, Gustav (1914) “drug-a”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 14b
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “dρούκ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 109