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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek μανουσάκι (manousáki), see there for more. Doublet of menekshe.
Pronunciation
Noun
manushaqe f (plural manushaqe, definite manushaqja, definite plural manushaqet)
- violet (Viola, especially V. odorata)
- Synonyms: vjollcë, (regional) menekshe
1854, Georg von Hahn, Albanische Studien, volume 2, Jena, page 152:dόλλι τρε̰νdαφύλι ε λϳα μανουσ̈άκϳετε̰.- [doli trëndafili e la manushaqetë.]
- the rose came out and left the violets (in the shade).
- Synonym of manushaqe e egër
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “manusháq/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1057b
- Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “manushaqja”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 208b
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “manushaqe”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 293
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “manushaqe”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 262b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “menekše”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 269