shalqi

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ‎ (šarqiyy, “eastern”) through Turkish şarki, meaning "plant or fruit brought from the east."[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃalˈci/

Noun

shalqi m (indefinite plural shalqinj, definite singular shalqiri, definite plural shalqinjtë)

  1. watermelon

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • shalqishtë

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “shalqi”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1368
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