afçë

Albanian

Etymology

A diminutive in -çë from a root av- shared with avdos (“chaffinch”), see there for more.

Noun

afçë f (plural afça) (northern Gheg)

  1. golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
    Synonym: beng
  2. greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
    Synonym: vardua

Further reading
  • “áfç/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 7a
  • Demiraj, B. (1997) “avdós/ë,-a”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 84f.
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “afça”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 1a
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