bardhak

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɾˈðak/
  • Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بارداق (bardak), altered by conflation with the unrelated bardhak (“fair-haired”).

Noun

bardhak m (plural bardhakë)

  1. glass (usually large and thick)
    Synonyms: qelq, gotë
  2. shot glass
  3. earthenware jug, decanter
    Synonym: ibrik
Alternative forms

References
  • “bardhák,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 101a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bardak”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 64
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “bardhak”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 20b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “barδák”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 27

Etymology 2

From i bardhë (“white”) +‎ -ak.

Adjective

bardhak (feminine bardhake)

  1. Synonym of bardhosh

References
  • “bardhák,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 101a
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