rreshk

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Albanian

Etymology

From rrë- +‎ eshk, variant of ashk. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *raustjan, probably West-Germanic, compare Old High German rosten.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

rreshk (aorist rreshka, participle rreshkur) (originally Gheg)

  1. to roast, toast, parch, scorch something slowly
    Synonym: thek
  2. (third person) to dry something little by little
    Synonyms: rrudh, fishk

Noun

rreshk m (definite rréshku) (uncountable, originally Gheg)

  1. layer at the bottom of a pan/pot that forms while cooking food
  2. (figurative) smell of food, appetite, thirst
    Synonyms: uri, etje
  3. vice, habit
    Synonyms: ves, zakon, huq

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rreshk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
  • “rreshk”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “rreshk”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 435
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