vakëf

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وقف (vakf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaˈkəf/

Noun

vakëf m

  1. (historical) property owned by a church, mosque, tekke or monastery
  2. sacred place

Declension

Declension of vakëf
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vakëf vakëfi vakëfe vakëfet
accusative vakëfin
dative vakëfi vakëfit vakëfeve vakëfeve
ablative vakëfesh

Further reading

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