dushk

Albanian

Alternative forms

• drushk

Etymology

According to Jokl, from an Illyrian [Term?] substrate. according to Orel, from archaic and dialectal drushk, from Proto-Albanian *druška, from *druwa (“tree”) (modern dru). More at dru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʃk/

Noun

dushk m (plural dushqe, definite dushku, definite plural dushqet)

1. oak; a tree of genus Quercus.
2. dense foliage
3. (collective) small leafy oak branches used for winter fodder
4. (regional) tender tobacco leaves that ripen in autumn
5. (in the plural, regional) cornhusks

Hyponyms

• bung, ilqe, lis, qarr, shpardh
• dushk i butë (“downy oak”) (Quercus pubescens)
• dushk i egër (“holly”) (Ilex aquifolium)
• dushk gurësh (“durmast oak”) (Quercus petraea)

Derived terms

• dushkajë
• dushkatar
• dushkërkë
• dushkishtë
• dushkohet
• dushkoj
• dushkonja
• dushkore
• dushktë
• dushkull
• dushnezë
• dushnicë
• dushnik
• dushnjerre
• dushqere