çafkë

Albanian

Etymology

From çafë (“crest”), a variant of çufkë and xhufkë (“tuft”) referring to the tuft of hair the herons have as crest. Possible but less likely from its synonym çapë (“heron, egret”), from çap (“step”) referring to the long steps, also from an onomatopoeic çaf-çaf mimicing the heron's cry, and some influence from Slavic čaplja (“heron”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃafkə/

Noun

çafkë f (plural çafka, definite çafka, definite plural çafkat)

  1. (zoology) heron
    Synonyms: çapë, gatë, çajme, çafkëthime, agjëronjë, çapëthime
  2. bird's crest
    Synonyms: kaçul, kaçirubë, kaçulitë, krifë, kreshtë
  3. scalp, top section of the head
    Synonyms: çaçkë, skalp
  4. (figurative) tall and elegant woman
    Synonym: stekë
  5. (figurative) disputatious, quarrelsome woman
    Synonym: grifshë
Declension
Declension of çafkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çafkë çafka çafka çafkat
accusative çafkën
dative çafke çafkës çafkave çafkave
ablative çafkash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “çafkë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 75-76

Further reading

  • “çafkë”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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