këst

See also: kest and kést

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قسط (kıst, “id.”), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, “equity; lot, portion, share”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkəst/

Noun

këst m (plural këste, definite kësti, definite plural këstet)

  1. (finance) installment

Declension

Declension of këst
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative këst kësti këste këstet
accusative këstin
dative kësti këstit kësteve kësteve
ablative këstesh

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “këst”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 263

Further reading

  • “këst”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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