qemane

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of qemane

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	qemane	qemania	qemane	qemanet
accusative		qemanen
dative	qemane	qemanes	qemaneve	qemaneve
ablative			qemanesh

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 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