kreshnik

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • krashnik
  • krazhnik
  • kërzhnik

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krajišnik ("borderer, frontiersman"), from dialectal Kosovo Serbian kraešnik ("hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors").[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾɛʃˈnik/

Noun

kreshnik m (plural kreshnikë, definite kreshniku, definite plural kreshnikët)

  1. hero in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors
  2. champion

Declension
Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) kreshnikë kreshniku kreshnikët
accusative kreshnikun
dative kreshniku kreshnikëve kreshnikut kreshnikëvet
ablative kreshnikësh

Derived terms
  • kreshnike
  • kreshniki

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012), "vraç", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 317-318
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “kreshnik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
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