aksham
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آخشام (akşam, “evening”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]akshám m (plural aksháme, definite akshámi, definite plural akshámet)
- (archaic) evening, sunset
- Synonym: mbrë́mje
- (Islam) evening prayer, isha
- Near-synonym: mbrëmjesóre (“vespers”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aksham | akshami | akshame | akshamet |
| accusative | akshamin | |||
| dative | akshami | akshamit | akshameve | akshameve |
| ablative | akshamesh | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “akšám”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 7
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “aksham”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 34–35
Further reading
[edit]- Jungg, G. (1895) “akscam”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “aksham”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]
- “aksham”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006