pekul

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈkul/
• Rhymes: -ul
• Hyphenation: pe‧kúl

Noun

pekul m (plural pekúle, definite pekúli, definite plural pekúlet)

1. (historical) lease, tenant farmer, sharecrop: property given to a tenant farmer in exchange for a big portion of their yield in taxes and payments

   Near-synonym: pasuri

2. (historical, archaic) property, possession, savings

   Synonym: pasuri

3. (colloquial) small gift (usually given to children)

   Near-synonym: dhuratë

4. (chiefly in the plural, figurative) attention, care, regard, spoil

   Synonym: përkëdhelje

   e kam mpsuar me pekul ― I've spoilt him (southern Tosk, Gjirokastër)

5. (figurative) favourite, darling

Derived terms

• pekuli (“small gift; care”)
• pekuluar

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “pekul”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “pekúl”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 358