thekë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine of North Gheg thak, from Proto-Albanian *tsaka, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂o- (branch) (compare Lithuanian šakà, Serbo-Croatian soha).[1][2]

Noun

thekë f (plural theka, definite theka, definite plural thekat)

  1. tasseled fringe
  2. (botany) stamen
  3. (optics) fringe

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 473
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 473-4