shakë
See also: shake and Shake
Albanian
Etymology
Unknown; suggested to borrowed from Southwestern Iranian, compare Middle Persian 𐫘𐫃 (sg /sak, sag/, “dog”),[1] but this theory is both geographically and sociohistorically problematic.[2] Compare Proto-Slavic *sǫka (bitch).
Noun
shakë f (indefinite plural shaka, definite singular shaka, definite plural shakat)
- bitch, female dog
- Synonyms: bushtër, kuçkë
References
- Jokl, Norbert (1927), “Albanisch-iranische Beruhrungen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, JSTOR 23866740, pages 30-31
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “shakë”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
Further reading
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shakë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, pages 406-407
- Erat, Janez (2008), “shakë”, in Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary] (in Slovene), 2nd edition, page 86b