qift

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Albanian

Etymology

Shortening of *qiftër, from Byzantine Greek ξιφτέρι, ἐξιφτέριν (xiphtéri, exiphtérin), from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).[1] According to Orel, borrowed directly from Latin accipiter (“vulture”), for the loss of the last syllable see mbret.[2] Doublet of skifter.

Pronunciation

Noun

qift m (plural qifte, definite qifti, definite plural qiftet)

  1. kite (Milvus)
    Synonyms: kaçubet, hutë
  2. (regional) falcon, hawk
    Synonym: skifter

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 38.
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qift”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360

Further reading

  • “qift”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “qift”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qift”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 417
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