gjoks

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گوگس (göks).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gjoks m (plural gjokse, definite gjoksi)

  1. chest, thorax
    Synonyms: kraharor, parzëm
  2. breast, breasts
    Synonyms: gjinj, sisa
  3. (figurative) heart (as the container of emotions)
    Synonym: kraharor
    me gjoks ― with all one's might

Declension[edit]

Declension of gjoks
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gjoks gjokse gjoksi gjokset
accusative gjoksin
dative gjoksi gjokseve gjoksit gjoksevet
ablative gjoksesh

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjoks”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174

Further reading[edit]

  • “gjoks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “gjoks”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
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