dyfek

Albanian

Alternative forms

• tyfek, tjufek, tufeq
• dufek, dyfeg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (tüfek, “gun, rifle”).

Noun

dyfek m (plural dyfekë / dyfeqe)

1. gun

   Synonym: pushkë

Declension

Declension of dyfek

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyfek	dyfeku	dyfekë	dyfekët
accusative		dyfekun
dative	dyfeku	dyfekut	dyfekëve	dyfekëve
ablative			dyfekësh

Declension of dyfek

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyfek	dyfeku	dyfeqe	dyfeqet
accusative		dyfekun
dative	dyfeku	dyfekut	dyfeqeve	dyfeqeve
ablative			dyfeqesh

Derived terms

• dyfekçi
• dyfekmbajtës
• dyfekohem
• dyfekshuar
• dyfektar

References

• “dyfek,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 390ab
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dyfek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 141