manushaqe

See also: Manushaqe

Albanian

Alternative forms

• monushaqe, monosaqe — Sicily

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Armenian մանուշակ (manušak)bor.

Byzantine Greek μανουσιάκων (manousiákōn)

Greek μανουσάκι (manousáki)bor.

Albanian manushaqe

Borrowed from Greek μανουσάκι (manousáki), see there for more. Doublet of menekshe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manuˈʃace/
• Rhymes: -ace

Noun

manushaqe f (plural manushaqe, definite manushaqja, definite plural manushaqet)

1. violet (Viola, especially V. odorata)

   Synonyms: vjollcë, (regional) menekshe

   • 1854, Johann Georg von Hahn, Albanische Studien, volume 2, Jena, page 152:

     dόλλι τρε̰νdαφύλι ε λϳα μανουσ̈άκϳετε̰.

     [doli trëndafili e la manushaqetë.]

     the rose came out and left the violets (in the shade).

2. Synonym of manushaqe e egër

Derived terms

• manushaqore

compounds

• manushaqe arave
• manushaqe brinake
• manushaqe bubuleshe
• manushaqe digjythëshe
• manushaqe dylulëshe
• manushaqe e bardhë
• manushaqe e bukur
• manushaqe e egër
• manushaqe e pushëzuar
• manushaqe e rreme
• manushaqe e verdhë
• manushaqe fushave
• manushaqe kënete
• manushaqe mbrëmjeje
• manushaqe pëllëmbore
• manushaqe përroi
• manushaqe pylli
• manushaqe qeni
• manushaqe shumëvjeçare
• manushaqe tringjyrëshe
• manushaqe thuapule

Descendants

• → Aromanian: manushachi / manushache

References

• “manusháq/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1057b
• Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “manushaqja”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 208b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “manushaqe”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 293
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “manushaqe”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 262b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “menekše”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 269