sobë

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Hungarian szoba (stove), either through Ottoman Turkish صوبا (soba, stove) or Serbo-Croatian sȍbaсо̏ба (room; (archaic) stove), possibly even a conflation of both sources. Doublet of stufë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsobə/
  • Rhymes: -obə

Noun

sobë f (plural soba)

  1. stove
    Synonyms: stufë, shporet, koftor, porr
  2. (regional or archaic) room, chamber
    Synonyms: dhomë, odë
    sobë me oxhakfireplace room
    sobë e teshavetwardrobe, closet
    sobë me çymllekstove room; steam bath
    1. fireplace room
    2. women's chamber
    3. cell (in a monastery or nunnery)
      Synonym: qeli
  3. (archaic) steam bath and the room it is taken in
    Synonym: hamam

Derived terms

References

  • “sób/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1771b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “sobë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 427
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “sobë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 455b
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “sob”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 142b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “sobɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 389
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “sòb”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1234f.
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 45:laconicum, stuffa — sobbe
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