qark

See also: Qark

Albanian

Counties of Albania

Alternative forms

• qarkull

Etymology

Borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin circus (compare Romanian cerc); variant qarkull from circulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɕaɾk/

Noun

qark m (plural qarqe, definite qarku, definite plural qarqet)

1. circle
2. (politics) county, especially as a first-level administrative division in Albania
3. (electronics) circuit

Declension

Declension of qark

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	qark	qarku	qarqe	qarqet
accusative		qarkun
dative	qarku	qarkut	qarqeve	qarqeve
ablative			qarqesh

Coordinate terms

• rreth, lokalitet, fshat
• bashki, njësi administrative

Further reading

• “qark”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “qark”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]