gjoks

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گوگس (göks).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟɔks/

Noun

gjoks m (plural gjokse, definite gjoksi, definite plural gjokset)

  1. chest, thorax
    Synonyms: kraharor, parzëm
  2. breast, breasts
    Synonyms: gjinj, sisa
  3. (figurative) heart (as the container of emotions)
    Synonym: kraharor
    me gjoks ― with all one's might

Declension

Declension of gjoks
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjoks gjoksi gjokse gjokset
accusative gjoksin
dative gjoksi gjoksit gjokseve gjokseve
ablative gjoksesh

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjoks”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174

Further reading

  • “gjoks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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