kamxhik

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامچی (kamçı, “whip”).[1]

Noun

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kamxhik m (plural kamxhikë, definite kamxhiku, definite plural kamxhikët)

  1. whip, riding crop
  2. (biology) flagellum

Declension

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Declension of kamxhik
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kamxhik kamxhiku kamxhikë kamxhikët
accusative kamxhikun
dative kamxhiku kamxhikut kamxhikëve kamxhikëve
ablative kamxhikësh

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kamxhik”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 244

Further reading

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