shuplakë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shipkë

Etymology

Possibly from the same root of Old French soufflace (“slap in the face”). Alternatively from South Slavic (cf. Serbo-Croatian supljaca (“palm”).

Noun

shuplakë f (plural shuplaka, definite shuplaka, definite plural shuplakat)

1. slap (in the face)
2. palm