קאב׳יסה די ארנאאוט

Ladino

Etymology

Literally, “Albanian's head”.

Noun

קאב׳יסה די ארנאאוט f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling kavesa de arnaut)

  1. (idiomatic) stubbornness
    • 1942 February 20, La Vara‎, number 1017, New York, page 5:
      פירו קומו דיזימוס אינטרי נוס, קון אונה קאב׳׳יסה די ארנאאוט, ריספונדי:
      Pero komo dezimos entre nos, kon una kavesa de arnaut, responde:
      But, as we say among ourselves, with an Albanian's head, he answered:

References
  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “caƀeza de arnaút / šop”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “arnaút”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 48
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