sharkë

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Either from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (shirt, armour, hauberk), via Gothic or from Proto-Slavic *sorka (shirt). Schuhard and Meyer claim a borrowing from either Latin serica or Latin sarica

Noun

sharkë f

  1. female gown (made of wool, covering the shoulders and the chest)
  2. a black spottet sheep

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

sharkë f

  1. (archaic) lyre

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sharkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 408