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Albanian
Etymology
From gushë (“neck, chin”) + kuq (“red”), due to the characteristic red-orange tint of the bird's breast and face.
Noun
gushëkuq m (plural gushëkuqë, definite gushëkuqi, definite plural gushëkuqët)
- robin
- (zoology) European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Synonyms: gushar, grykakuq, gushëspec, gjinokuq, canakuq
- (archaic, derogatory) popular name for the gendarme during the reign of King Zog of Albania
Adjective
gushëkuq (feminine gushëkuqe)
- rednecked
Further reading
- “gushëkuq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “gushëkuq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “gushakuq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 139