lekë

See also: leke and Lekë

English

Noun

lekë

  1. plural of lek

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly akin to lak (“trap; bend; curve”) and flak (“to swing, throw”).[1]

Noun

lékë f (definite singular léka)

  1. top of the head. sinciput
    Near-synonym: but
  2. royalty historically used as title of a lord (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 217

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”), a reflection or calque of Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, literally “the white ones”), a tribe southern Illyria.

Noun

lékë m pl (definite lékët)

  1. inhabitants of northern Albanian mountains. inhabitants of Mbishkodra
    Hypernym: malësor (“hihglander, mountaineer”)
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