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gjerdan

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گردن (gerden, “neck, throat”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gjerdán m (plural gjerdanë)

  1. necklace
    Synonym: gushore

Declension

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Declension of gjerdan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjerdan gjerdani gjerdanë gjerdanët
accusative gjerdanin
dative gjerdani gjerdanit gjerdanëve gjerdanëve
ablative gjerdanësh

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjerdan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 172
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