gabonjë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dialectal gabë +‎ -onjë (feminine), related to shkabë, with the same stem but different prefix. The source is Proto-Albanian *gabā, from Proto-Indo-European *kobuǵos (compare English hawk, Latin capys (bird of prey), Russian ко́бчик (kóbčik, red-footed falcon)).[1]

Noun

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gabonjë f (plural gabonja, definite gabonja, definite plural gabonjat)

  1. griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
    Synonyms: shkabë, gjyp, coftinar kokëbardhë, shqiponjë gjype, shqiponjë me kurriz
  2. (archaic) eagle
    Synonyms: shkabë, shqipe, shqiponjë
  3. (obsolete) hawk

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gabonjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 107

Further reading

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  • “gabonjë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • gabonjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gabojë, gabonjë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 120