kurvë

See also: kurve and Kurve

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kury (“whore”). Compare Serbo-Croatian курва (“prostitute, slut”), Bulgarian курва (kurva), and Romanian curvă.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːɾv/

Noun

kurvë f (plural kurva, definite kurva, definite plural kurvat)

  1. prostitute, hooker, call girl
  2. (vulgar) whore, slut, tramp, thot
    Synonyms: spidhë, xhadi, putanë, orospi

Declension

Declension of kurvë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kurvë kurva kurva kurvat
accusative kurvën
dative kurve kurvës kurvave kurvave
ablative kurvash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "kurvë", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 180

Further reading

  • “kurvë”, 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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