lekën

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlekən/
  • Rhymes: -ekən
  • Hyphenation: lé‧kën

Noun

lekën f (plural lékna, definite lékna, definite plural léknat)

  1. (zoology) female Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)
    Near-synonym: koran (male)

Hyponyms

  • lekën e verës (“salmon trout”)

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “lekën”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lekën”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 240
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