thekë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine of North Gheg thak, from Proto-Albanian *tsaka, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂o- ‘branch’ (compare Lithuanian šakà, Serbo-Croatian soha).[1][2]

Noun

thekë f (indefinite plural theka, definite singular theka, definite plural thekat)

  1. tasseled fringe
  2. (botany) stamen
  3. (optics) fringe

Derived terms

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 473.
  2. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997), 393–4.
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