kezë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kesë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kahā 'plaited hair', related to Proto-Slavic *kosa 'plait', Old Norse haddr (“woman's hair”)[1].

Noun

kezë f (indefinite plural kezë, definite singular keza, definite plural kezat)

  1. woman's head dress, bonnet, hair-net

References

  1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.61
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