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Albanian

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Etymology

According to Jokl, from an Illyrian substrate. according to Orel, from archaic and dialectal drushk, from Proto-Albanian *druška, from *druwa (“tree”) (modern dru). More at dru.

Pronunciation

Noun

dushk m (plural dushqe, definite dushku, definite plural dushqet)

  1. oak; a tree of genus Quercus.
  2. dense foliage
  3. (collective) small leafy oak branches used for winter fodder
  4. (regional) tender tobacco leaves that ripen in autumn
  5. (in the plural, regional) cornhusks

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References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “dushk”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 420-421
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dushk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 79
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