qift

Albanian

Etymology

Shortening of *qiftër, from Byzantine Greek ξιφτέρι, ἐξιφτέριν (xiphtéri, exiphtérin), from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).[1]

Noun

qift m (plural qifte, definite qifti, definite plural qiftet)

  1. kite (Milvus)

Synonyms

Hyponyms
  • qift i kuqrremtë (“red kite”) (Milvus milvus)
  • qift zeshkan (“black kite”) (Milvus migrans)

References
  1. Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 38.
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