sharkë

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Either from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (shirt, armour, hauberk), via Gothic or from Proto-Slavic *sorka (shirt). Schuhard and Meyer claim a borrowing from either Latin serica or Latin sarica.[1]

Noun

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sharkë f

  1. female gown (made of wool, covering the shoulders and the chest)
  2. a black spottet sheep
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Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Noun

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sharkë f

  1. (archaic) lyre

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sharkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 408