qose

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوسه (köse).

Pronunciation

Noun

qose m (plural qose, definite qosja)

  1. beardless man
    Synonym: spërk
  2. (folklore) Cheeky, sly, mischievous child in folk tales, usually accompanied by the qerosi.

Adjective

qose (invariable)

  1. beardless
    Synonyms: pa mjekërr, qosarak

Derived terms

References

  • “qose”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1618a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qose”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 381
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qose”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 420a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “ḱose”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 1891