shakë

See also: shake and Shake

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown; suggested to borrowed from Southwestern Iranian, compare Middle Persian 𐫘𐫃‎ (sg /sak, sag/, “dog”),[1] but this theory is both geographically and sociohistorically problematic.[2] Compare Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic *sǫka (bitch).

Noun

shakë f (indefinite plural shaka, definite singular shaka, definite plural shakat)

  1. bitch, female dog
    Synonyms: bushtër, kuçkë, kudër

References
  1. Jokl, Norbert (1927), “Albanisch-iranische Beruhrungen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, →JSTOR, pages 30-31
  2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “shakë”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

Further reading
  • Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shakë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 406-407
  • Erat, Janez (2008), “shakë”, in Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary] (in Slovene), 2nd edition, page 86b
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