teshë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *taksjā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to hew’ (compare Lithuanian tašaũ (“to hew”), Latin texō (“to weave”), Sanskrit तक्षति (takșati, “to carpenter, cut”)).[1] Cognate with tollë.

Noun

teshë f (indefinite plural tesha, definite singular tesha, definite plural teshat)

  1. cloth, robe, clothes (used chiefly in the plural form)
  2. speck of dust, particle in the eye
  3. little splinter
  4. (regional) spindle whorl

Synonyms
  • (spindle whorl): agërshak

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language (Leiden: Brill, 2000), 453.
Derived terms
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