lekë
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
lekë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Uncertain. Possibly akin to lak (“trap; bend; curve”) and flak (“to swing, throw”).[1]
Noun[edit]
lékë f (definite léka)
- top of the head. sinciput
- Near-synonym: but
- royalty historically used as title of a lord (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”), a reflection or calque of Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, literally “the white ones”), a tribe southern Illyria.
Noun[edit]
lékë m pl (definite lékët)
- inhabitants of northern Albanian mountains. inhabitants of Mbishkodra
- Hypernym: malësor (“hihglander, mountaineer”)
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