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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pekˈmez/
- Rhymes: -ez
- Hyphenation: pek‧méz
Noun
pekmez m (definite pekmézi)
- fruit paste, molasses, jam, electuary
References
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “pekmez”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 357
Further reading
- “pekmez”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “pekmez”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pekmez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 358
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).
Noun
pèkmez m (Cyrillic spelling пѐкмез)
- jam, marmalade (mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
- (colloquial, derogatory) child who cries excessively, crybaby
- (colloquial, derogatory) person given to crying and complaining when something isn’t going well or needs to be done, sissy, crybaby
Declension
Synonyms
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: pek‧mez
Noun
pekmez
- molasses