cironak

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cironkë (a variant without diminutive -kë) + -ak. The semantics point to "bird that feeds on bleak, small freshwater fish". [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡siɾɔˈnak/

Noun

cironák m (plural cironakë, definite cironaku, definite plural cironakët)

  1. flamingo, bird of Phoenicopteridae family

Declension

Declension of cironak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cironak cironaku cironakë cironakët
accusative cironakun
dative cironaku cironakut cironakëve cironakëve
ablative cironakësh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cironkë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 48

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “cironak”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.