shami

See also: Shami

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شامه (şame), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈmi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

shami f (plural shami, definite shamia, definite plural shamitë)

1. handkerchief

   Synonyms: mafër, mafes, facoletë

   In full: shami xhepi (literally “pocket kerchief”)

2. headscarf, kerchief
3. neckerchief

Declension

Declension of shami

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shami	shamia	shami	shamitë
accusative		shaminë
dative	shamie	shamisë	shamive	shamive
ablative			shamish

Derived terms

• shamibardhë
• shamikuqe
• shamiverdhë
• shamizezë

References

• “shamí,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1817a
• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “shami”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 440
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “shamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 468a
• Meyer, G. (1891), “šamī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 399

Ido

Noun

shami

1. plural of shamo

Japanese

Romanization

shami

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃみ