badifokë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • badifogë, batifokë
  • badifok m

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian batifogo (“firestriker”), with a semantic shift from the firestriker to the pouch containing it.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /badiˈfokə/
  • Rhymes: -okə

Noun

badifokë f (plural badifoka)

  1. (archaic) skin pouch carrying flint and tinder (to light a fire), or tobacco
  2. (regional) purse, wallet (carrying money)
    Synonyms: kuletë, qese

References
  • Dashi, B. (2013) “batifogo”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 93
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “badifogë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 16b
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “badifogh”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 3*
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