nofkë

Albanian

Etymology

From South Slavic *novъka (“new (name)”); compare Serbo-Croatian Novka (a woman's first name)).[1]

Noun

nofkë f (plural nofka, definite nofka, definite plural nofkat)

  1. nickname

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nofkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 300-1
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