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Albanian
Etymology
Shortening of *qiftër, from Byzantine Greek ξιφτέρι, ἐξιφτέριν (xiphtéri, exiphtérin), from Latin accipiter (“hawk”). According to Orel, borrowed directly from Latin accipiter (“vulture”), for the loss of the last syllable see mbret.
Pronunciation
Noun
qift m (plural qifte, definite qifti, definite plural qiftet)
- kite (Milvus)
- Synonyms: kaçubet, hutë
- (regional) falcon, hawk
- Synonym: skifter
Hyponyms
References
- ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 38.
- ^ 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