nafakë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفقه (nafaka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nafakë f (definite nafaka) (colloquial)

  1. luck, fortune
    Synonyms: fat, mbarësi, baft
    me nafakëluckily
    nafakë e keqe, nafakë e zezëbad luck
    nafakë e mirëgood luck

Derived terms

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Adjective

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i nafakë (archaic)

  1. lucky
    Synonym: fatmirë

References

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  • “nafak/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1195f.
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “nafaka”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 327
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “nafak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 86a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “nafák”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 296
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “nafàk”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 861ab