shami

See also: Shami

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شامه (şame), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈmi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

shami f (plural shami, definite shamia, definite plural shamitë)

1. handkerchief

   Synonyms: mafër, mafes, facoletë

   In full: shami xhepi (literally “pocket kerchief”)

2. headscarf, kerchief
3. neckerchief

Derived terms

• shamibardhë
• shamikuqe
• shamiverdhë
• shamizezë

 

References

• “shamí,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1817a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “shami”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 440
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 468a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “šamī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 399

Ido

Noun

shami

1. plural of shamo

Japanese

Romanization

shami

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃみ