akçillëk

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ahçillë́k
  • akshillek (NW Gheg)[1]

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (ahçılık, aşçılık), whence Turkish aşçılık.[2] By surface analysis, akçí (“cook”) +‎ -llëk.

Noun

akçillë́k m (definite akçillë́ku)

  1. cooking, cookery (occupation)
    Synonym: gjellëtarí

References
  1. Jungg, G. (1895) “aksciλek”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
  2. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “akçillëk”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 33

Further reading
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “akçillëk”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
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