shalqi

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, “eastern”) through Turkish şarki, meaning "plant or fruit brought from the east."[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃalˈci/

Noun

shalqí m (plural shalqinj, definite shalqiri, definite plural shalqinjtë)

  1. watermelon
    Synonyms: bostan, karpuz, imonik

Declension

Declension of shalqi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shalqi shalqiri shalqinj shalqinjtë
accusative shalqirin
dative shalqiri shalqirit shalqinjve shalqinjve
ablative shalqinjsh

Derived terms

  • shalqishtë

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “shalqi”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1368
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