thekë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine of North Gheg thak, from Proto-Albanian *tsaka, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂o- (“branch”) (compare Lithuanian šakà, Serbo-Croatian soha).[1][2]

Noun

thekë f (plural theka, definite theka, definite plural thekat)

  1. tasseled fringe
  2. (botany) stamen
  3. (optics) fringe

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “thekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 473
  2. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 473-4
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