qyrek

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürek, “shovel, oar, paddle”), ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *küre- (“to rake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cyˈɾek/
• Rhymes: -ek

Noun

qyrek m (plural qyrekë, definite qyreku, definite plural qyrekët)

1. dustpan
2. garden spade, shovel
3. shovel with raised edges used for different work (baker's peel, etc.)

Declension

Declension of qyrek

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	qyrek	qyreku	qyrekë	qyrekët
accusative		qyrekun
dative	qyreku	qyrekut	qyrekëve	qyrekëve
ablative			qyrekësh

References

• “qyrek”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “qyrek”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qyrek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 385