kreshnik

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors").[1][2]

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Noun[edit]

kreshnik m (plural kreshnikë, definite kreshniku, definite plural kreshnikët)

  1. hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors
  2. champion

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "vraç", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 317-318
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “kreshnik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196