qift

Albanian

Etymology

Shortening of *qiftër, from Byzantine Greek ξιφτέρι, ἐξιφτέριν (xiphtéri, exiphtérin), from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).^[1] According to Orel, borrowed directly from Latin accipiter (“vulture”), for the loss of the last syllable see mbret.^[2] Doublet of skifter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cift/
Rhymes: -ift

Noun

qift m (plural qifte, definite qifti, definite plural qiftet)

kite (Milvus)
Synonyms: kaçubet, hutë
(regional) falcon, hawk
Synonym: skifter

Hyponyms

qift i kuqrremtë (“red kite”) (Milvus milvus)
qift zeshkan (“black kite”) (Milvus migrans)

References

^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 38.
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qift”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360

FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
“qift”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Mann, S. E. (1948) “qift”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 417

[1] Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 38.

[2] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qift”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360

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