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Albanian
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)
- tasseled fringe
- (botany) stamen
- (optics) fringe
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 473
- ^ 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