sarkë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšerkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to make, to build”). Cognate to Sanskrit करोति (karóti, “to build”) and Lithuanian kùrti.[1]

Noun

sarkë f (plural sarka, definite sarka, definite plural sarkat)

  1. build, frame, figure

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sarkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
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