thikë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (to sharpen), compare Armenian սուր (sur, sharp; knife) and Sanskrit शा (śā, to sharpen).[1] Meyer (1891) and others consider alternatively a borrowing from Latin sīca (a poniard, curved dagger),[2] while other scholars believe instead the opposite.[3]

Noun

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thikë f (plural thika, definite thika, definite plural thikat)

  1. knife, dagger

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 90
  3. ^ Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.