qyqek

Albanian

Alternative forms

• çyçek, çyqek

Etymology

In Giacomo Jungg's dictionary this word is marked as a Turkism. See also Bulgarian кючек (kjuček), Macedonian чочек (čoček) and Serbo-Croatian čoček／чочек.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cyˈcek/
• Rhymes: -ek

Noun

qyqek m (Gheg, archaic, turkism)

1. dancer

   Me qet trupin si qyqek

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   Çka po luen o qyqek, qyqek?

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2. a musical genre and dance emerged in the balkans during the 19th century that originated from Ottoman military bands, which at that time were scattered across the region, mostly through the areas of today's Serbia, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Romania.

References

• Jungg, G. (1895) “cᴕcek”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 19
• Kajtazi, Halil (1972) Nga lirika popullore e Drenicës‎^[1], page 127
• Rechberger, Herman (2016) Balkania — Rhythms in songs and dances from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, The Rep. of Macedonia, Romania and Serbia‎^[2], 2016 edition, Fennica Gehrman, page 41