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braktis

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish براقمق (bırakmak, to leave; to quit, abandon).[1]

Verb

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braktis (aorist braktisa, participle braktisur)

  1. to abandon, leave
  2. to quit, leave off

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “braktis”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 89

Further reading

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  • “braktis”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • braktis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “braktis”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]