darkë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *darkā, from Proto-Indo-European *dorkʷ-o-. Cognate to Ancient Greek δόρπον (dórpon, “supper, dinner; evening”).[1] Has entered the declension of the feminine ā-stems. According to Alexander Lubotsky and Michiel de Vaan, considering the distribution of the term, both Greek and Albanian strongly suggest loans from the pre-Greek substrate.[2]
Noun
[edit]darkë f (plural darka, definite darka, definite plural darkat)
- supper, dinner (evening meal)
- evening banquet or feast
- eve of religious celebration (e.g. Christmas, New Year, wedding, circumcision (synet)) [3]
- evening
Declension
[edit]Declension of darkë
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “darkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123
- ^ Vedat Kokona, Dictionnaire albanais-français / Fjalor shqip-frengjisht (Tiranë: Toena, 2002 [1998]), 444. →ISBN