shuplakë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shipkë
Etymology
Possibly from the same root of Old French soufflace (“slap in the face”). Alternatively from South Slavic (cf. Serbo-Croatian supljaca (“palm”).
Noun
shuplakë f (indefinite plural shuplaka, definite singular shuplaka, definite plural shuplakat)
- slap (in the face)
- palm