gërqinjë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grьkyni.[1] Compare Serbo-Croatian Gȑkinja, Czech Řekyně. Ultimately a doublet of greke.

Noun

gërqinjë f (masculine equivalent gërk)

  1. (rare, nationalities) Greek; person from Greece (fem.)
    Synonym: greke

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 114-5