tirk

Albanian

Etymology

Singular form of a more spread plural tirq, cognate to Romanian tureac (“top (of a boot)”), tureatcă. Either an old loanword from an East Germanic language, Gepid or Gothic þiuhbrōks (þiuhbrōks) (cf. Old High German theobroch (“gaiters”), English thigh, breeches)[1], via Late Latin tubrucus, or, a more probable theory, a derivative of tjerr[2].

Noun

tirk m (indefinite plural tirqe, definite singular tirku, definite plural tirqet)

  1. long male trousers
  2. long male socks

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tirk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 456-457
  2. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.182-183
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