qift
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortening of *qiftër, from Byzantine Greek ξιφτέρι, ἐξιφτέριν (xiphtéri, exiphtérin), from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).[1] According to Orel, borrowed directly from Latin accipiter (“vulture”), for the loss of the last syllable see mbret.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
qift m (plural qifte, definite qifti, definite plural qiftet)
Hyponyms[edit]
- qift i kuqrremtë (“red kite”) (Milvus milvus)
- qift zeshkan (“black kite”) (Milvus migrans)
References[edit]
- ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 38.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qift”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
Further reading[edit]
- “qift”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “qift”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “qift”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 417
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