cohë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

One of the early borrowings from Ottoman Turkish چوخه (çuha). The conservation of the affricate t͡s indicates that it came to Albanian via Greek τσόχα (tsócha).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔhə/

Noun

cohë f (plural cohëra, definite coha, definite plural cohërat)

  1. type of wool; felt
  2. women's upper ware, made of wool, and embroidered
    Synonyms: petk, cilonë, zhgun

Declension

Declension of cohë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cohë coha cohëra cohërat
accusative cohën
dative cohe cohës cohërave cohërave
ablative cohërash

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cohë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 53-54

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “cohë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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