tirk

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Albanian

Etymology

Singular form of a more spread plural tirq, cognate to Romanian tureac (“top (of a boot)”), tureatcă. Either an old loanword from an East Germanic language, Gepid or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic þiuhbrōks (cf. Old High German theobroch (“gaiters”), English thigh, breeches),[1] via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin tubrucus, or, a more probable theory, a derivative of tjerr.[2]

Noun

tirk m (plural tirqe, definite tirku, definite plural tirqet)

  1. long male trousers
  2. long male socks

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tirk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457
  2. ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.182-183
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