teshë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *taksjā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew”) (compare Lithuanian tašaũ (“to hew”), Latin texō (“to weave”), Sanskrit तक्षति (takșati, “to carpenter, cut”)).[1] Cognate with tollë.

Noun

teshë f (plural tesha, definite tesha, definite plural teshat)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) cloth, robe, clothes
  2. speck of dust, particle in the eye
  3. little splinter
  4. (regional) spindle whorl

Synonyms
  • (spindle whorl): agërshak

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “teshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
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