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

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