kureshtje

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kureshti
• kureshtë, kureshte — earlier forms
• kuresht m — archaic

Etymology

Perhaps a literary coinage, from kur është? (“when is it?”), as a phono-semantic matching of Italian curiosità. Later suffixed with -je.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾeʃtje/
• Rhymes: -eʃtje

Noun

kureshtje f (plural kureshtje, definite kureshtja, definite plural kureshtjet)

1. curiosity

   Synonyms: kërshëri, merak

2. (derogatory) nosiness, meddlesomeness

Derived terms

• i kureshtëm
• kureshtar
• kureshti

 

References

• “kuréshtj/e,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 923b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kuresht”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 229a
• Çabej, E. (2014) “kureshtí”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes V: K–M, Tirana, page 177b
• Boissin, Henri (1977) “L'expressivité en albanais”, in Akten des Internationalen albanologischen Kolloquiums Innsbruck 1972 (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft; 41), Innsbruck: AMOE, page 432 of 428–432