kreshnik

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • krashnik
  • krazhnik
  • kërzhnik

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors").[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾɛʃˈnik/

Noun

kreshnik m (indefinite plural kreshnikë, definite singular kreshniku, definite plural kreshnikët)

  1. hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors
  2. champion

Derived terms
  • kreshnike
  • kreshniki

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012), "vraç", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 317-318

References
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