përkavë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A variant of pokrovë (“sheet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]përkavë f (plural përkava)
- woven wooly sheet, cover, blanket
- saddlecloth, saddle blanket
- Synonym: plaf
References
[edit]- “përkavë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1441b
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “pokrovë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 202f.
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “përkavë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 370b