dushk

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • drushk

Etymology

According to Jokl, from an Illyrian [Term?] substrate. according to Orel, from archaic and dialectal drushk, from Proto-Albanian *druška, from *druwa (tree) (modern dru).[1][2] More at dru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duʃk/

Noun

dushk m (plural dushqe, definite dushku, definite plural dushqet)

  1. oak; a tree of genus Quercus.
  2. dense foliage
  3. (collective) small leafy oak branches used for winter fodder
  4. (regional) tender tobacco leaves that ripen in autumn
  5. (in the plural, regional) cornhusks

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • dushkajë
  • dushkatar
  • dushkërkë
  • dushkishtë
  • dushkohet
  • dushkoj
  • dushkonja
  • dushkore
  • dushktë
  • dushkull
  • dushnezë
  • dushnicë
  • dushnik
  • dushnjerre
  • dushqere

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “dushk”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 420-421
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dushk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 79