qemane

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish كمان (keman), from Persian کمان (kamân).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ceˈmane/
  • Rhymes: -ane
  • Hyphenation: qe‧má‧ne

Noun

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qemane f (plural qemáne, definite qemánia, definite plural qemánet)

  1. (archaic) violin
    Synonym: violinë
  2. (obsolete) fiddle
    Synonym: violinë
  3. (obsolete) lute
    Near-synonym: lahutë

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qemane”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 371

Further reading

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  • “qemane”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • qemane”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qem [] -ane”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 413