sarkë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšerkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- 'to make, to build'. Cognate to Sanskrit करोति (karóti, “to build”) and Lithuanian kùrti[1].

Noun

sarkë f (indefinite plural sarka, definite singular sarka, definite plural sarkat)

  1. build, frame, figure

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.394
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