shqa

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shkja

Etymology

From Late Latin sclavus or Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek σκλάβος (sklábos, “Slav”) or Σκλάβος (Sklábos). Compare Romanian șcheau (“Bulgarian, (South) Slav”), șchiau, Aromanian shcljau. Doublet of skllav (“slave”), a later borrowing.

Noun

shqa m (plural shqe, definite shqau, definite plural shqetë)

1. a Bulgarian (or generally any person of South Slavic ethnicity)