nafakë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفقه (nafaka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈfakə/
  • Rhymes: -akə

Noun

nafakë f (definite nafaka) (colloquial)

  1. luck, fortune
    Synonyms: fat, mbarësi, baft
    me nafakë ― luckily
    nafakë e keqe, nafakë e zezë ― bad luck
    nafakë e mirë ― good luck

Derived terms

  • nafakëkëputur
  • nafakëmadh
  • nafakëprerë
  • nafakli
  • i panafakë

Adjective

i nafakë (archaic)

  1. lucky
    Synonym: fatmirë

References

  • “nafak/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1195f.
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “nafaka”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 327
  • Jungg, G. (1895), “nafak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 86a
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “nafák”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 296
  • Rossi, F. (1875), “nafàk”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 861ab

Further reading

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