shkarth

Albanian

Etymology

From *karth, variant of kërth. For semantic development compare kërthi (“tiny, baby”), Lithuanian tarnas (“servant”), Sanskrit तर्णक (tarṇaka, “calf”), तरुण (táruṇa, “young, boy”).[1]

Noun

shkarth m (indefinite plural shkartha, definite singular shshkarthi, definite plural shkarthat)

  1. servant, slave

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 417-8
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