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Albanian
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, “eastern”) through Turkish şarki, meaning "plant or fruit brought from the east."[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
shalqi m (plural shalqinj, definite shalqiri, definite plural shalqinjtë)
- watermelon
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References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shalqi”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1368