pekmez

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pekˈmez/
  • Rhymes: -ez
  • Hyphenation: pek‧méz

Noun

pekmez m (definite pekmézi)

  1. fruit paste, molasses, jam, electuary

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “pekmez”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 357

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • pekmez”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pekmez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 358

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).

Noun

pèkmez m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling пѐкмез)

  1. (inanimate) jam, marmalade (mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, animate) child who cries excessively, crybaby
  3. (colloquial, derogatory, animate) person given to crying and complaining when something isn’t going well or needs to be done, sissy, crybaby

Declension

inanimate
Declension of pekmez
singular plural
nominative pekmez pekmezi
genitive pekmeza pekmeza
dative pekmezu pekmezima
accusative pekmez pekmeze
vocative pekmezu pekmezi
locative pekmezu pekmezima
instrumental pekmezom pekmezima
animate
Declension of pekmez
singular plural
nominative pekmez pekmezi
genitive pekmeza pekmeza
dative pekmezu pekmezima
accusative pekmeza pekmeze
vocative pekmezu pekmezi
locative pekmezu pekmezima
instrumental pekmezom pekmezima

Synonyms

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pecˈmæz]
  • Hyphenation: pek‧mez

Noun

pekmez

  1. molasses