dybek

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیبك (dibek, “mortar”).[1]

Noun

dybek m (plural dybekë, definite dybeku, definite plural dybekët)

  1. (dairy) churn, a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter
  2. large wooden mortar and pestle used to husk grain
  3. (regional) large wooden mallet used to break up dirt clods

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dybek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 141

Further reading

  • “dybek”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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