meleq

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملك (melek).[1][2]

Noun

meleq m

  1. (archaic) angel
    Synonym: engjëll
    • 1724, Muçi Zade, Imzot, mos më lerë pa kahve, line 15:
      (please add the primary text of this quotation)
      [Për gjithë sa janë meleq]
      By how many all the angels are,
    • 1854, Johann Georg von Hahn, “Albanesische Sprachproben”, in Albanesische Studien, volume 2:
      • II.B Lider des Neçín, stanza 5, line 11, page 144:
        Τσ̈'ογ̇ραδίσα με νϳι μελέκϳ!
        Ç'ogradísa me nji meléq!
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • II.B Lider des Neçín, stanza 6, line 6, page 144:
        Ι καν μελέϳτε̰ σ̈κρούαρε̰.
        [I kanë meleqtë shkruar.]
        I kan meléjtë shkrúarë.
        which the angels drew.
      • II.D Erotische Lieder, stanza 4, line 6, page 148:
        Βε̰dσ̈ούτι υτ ποσί μελέκϳ.
        Vëxhúti yt posí meléq.
        Your body like an angel.

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “meléḱ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 269
  2. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*melek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 303
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