kaush

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-t (“skin, hide”) (compare Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”). Related to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to hide, to cover”). Compare Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), German Haus (“house”).

Noun

kaush m (plural kausha, definite kaushi, definite plural kaushat)

1. container or bag (generally for holding food), cone
2. big chamber, room, dormitory
3. (a dark) prison cell