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dybek

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیبك (dibek, “mortar”).[1]

Noun

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dybek m (plural dybekë, definite dybeku, definite plural dybekët)

  1. (dairy) churn, a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter
  2. large wooden mortar and pestle used to husk grain
  3. (regional) large wooden mallet used to break up dirt clods

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dybek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 141

Further reading

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  • “dybek”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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