kezë

See also: keze, kézé, and kēzé

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kesë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kahā (“plaited hair”), related to Proto-Slavic *kosa (“plait”), Old Norse haddr (“woman's hair”).[1]

Noun

kezë f (plural kezë, definite keza, definite plural kezat)

  1. woman's head dress, bonnet, hair-net

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kezë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
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