peqe

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پك ایو (pek eyü), پكی (peki).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpece/
  • Rhymes: -ece
  • Hyphenation: pé‧qe

Particle

peqe (colloquial)

  1. at your service, as you wish
    Synonym: si urdhëron
  2. good, alright

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “peqe”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 358

Further reading

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