kreshnik

See also: Kreshnik

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • krashnik
  • krazhnik
  • kërzhnik

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Warriors Songs").[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾɛʃˈnik/

Noun

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

  1. hero in the Albanian Warriors Songs
  2. champion

Declension

Declension of kreshnik
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreshnik kreshniku kreshnikë kreshnikët
accusative kreshnikun
dative kreshniku kreshnikut kreshnikëve kreshnikëve
ablative kreshnikësh

Derived terms

  • kreshnike
  • kreshniki

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "vraç", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 317-318
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kreshnik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
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