kockë

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From dialectal koskë, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "zls" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.; cf. Macedonian коска (koska), Serbo-Croatian kȍska.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

kockë f (plural kocka, definite kocka, definite plural kockat)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (figurative) core of a person's character, essential nature
  3. (figurative) strong character
Synonyms
  1. asht, kokallë
  2. thelb
Derived terms
Compounds

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. “koc” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 187.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "zls" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.; cf. Macedonian коцка (kocka), Serbo-Croatian kȍcka ‘die, cube’.[1]

Noun

kockë f (plural kocka, definite kocka, definite plural kockat)

  1. die used in a children's dice game
  2. (figurative) trinket, small thing of no value

References

  1. ^ Xhelal Ylli, Das slawische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 121.