pokrovë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *pokrovъ, whence Serbo-Croatian pòkrov / по̀кров.

Pronunciation

Noun

pokrovë f (dialectal)

  1. sheet
    Synonym: çarçaf
  2. shroud, winding cloth
    Synonyms: qefin, çarçaf
  3. arrow
    Synonym: shëgjetë

References

  • Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “pokrovë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 202f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pokrovë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 394a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “pokrovε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 347
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “pokròv”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1020