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Albanian
Etymology
Unknown; suggested to borrowed from Southwestern Iranian, compare Middle Persian 𐫘𐫃 (sg /sak, sag/, “dog”),[1] but this theory is both geographically and sociohistorically problematic.[2] Compare Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic *sǫka (bitch).
Noun
shakë f (plural shaka, definite shaka, definite plural shakat)
- (Gheg) bitch, female dog
- Synonyms: bushtër, kuçkë, kudër
- (figurative) whore
- Synonyms: bushtër, kuçkë, kudër, lavire, kurvë, prostitutë
- joke
- Synonym: shaka
References
- ^ Jokl, Norbert (1927) “Albanisch-iranische Beruhrungen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, →JSTOR, pages 30-31
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “shakë”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
Further reading
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shakë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 406-407
- Erat, Janez (2008) “shakë”, in Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary] (in Slovene), 2nd edition, page 86b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shakë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467