teshë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *taksjā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (to hew) (compare Lithuanian tašaũ (to hew), Latin texō (to weave), Sanskrit तक्षति (takșati, to carpenter, cut)).[1] Cognate with tollë.

Noun

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teshë f (plural tesha, definite tesha, definite plural teshat)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) cloth, robe, clothes
  2. speck of dust, particle in the eye
  3. little splinter
  4. (regional) spindle whorl

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “teshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 453