sharkë

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɾ.kə/

Etymology 1

Either from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), via Gothic or from Proto-Slavic *sorka (“shirt”). Schuhard and Meyer claim a borrowing from either Latin serica or Latin sarica[1]

Noun

sharkë f

  1. female gown (made of wool, covering the shoulders and the chest)
  2. a black spottet sheep

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

sharkë f

  1. (archaic) lyre

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sharkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
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