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Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عقرب (ʼakreb, scorpion), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akɾɛp/
  • Hyphenation: a‧krep

Noun

akrep m (plural akrepa, definite akrepi, definite plural akrepat)

  1. scorpion
    Synonyms: shkrap, sfurk, grepç
  2. hand (of a clock)
  3. needle, indicator needle (of a measuring instrument)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “akrep”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
  • akrep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عقرب (ʼakreb, scorpion), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑkˈɾep/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ak‧rep

Noun

akrep (definite accusative akrebi, plural akrepler)

  1. (zoology) scorpion
    Akrabanın akrabaya akrep etmez ettiğini.A relative does to you what even a scorpion would not. (Turkish proverb)
  2. hour hand

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Laz: აკრეპი (aǩrep̌i), ანკრეპი (anǩrep̌i)

References

  • akrep”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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