peshtaf

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • peshtah

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتخته (peştahta), from Classical Persian پیشْتَخْتَه (pēštaxta).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peʃˈtaf/
  • Rhymes: -af
  • Hyphenation: pesh‧táf

Noun

peshtaf m (plural peshtafe, definite peshtafi, definite plural peshtafet)

  1. jewelry box, cash box
    peshtafi i nuses ― the bride's jewelry box

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “peshtaf”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 361

Further reading

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