kaciq

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek κατσίκι (katsíki, “kid”).

Noun

kaciq m (Arvanitika, Calabria)

1. kid, young goat

   Synonym: kec

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kaciq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 172b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “kets”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 185
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1081: “il capretto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Etymology 2

Noun

kaciq m (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of kacek

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kaciq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 172b