qyrek

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürek, “shovel, oar, paddle”), ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *küre- (“to rake”).

• IPA^(key): /cyˈɾek/
• Rhymes: -ek

qyrek m (plural qyrekë, definite qyreku, definite plural qyrekët)

1. dustpan
2. garden spade, shovel
3. shovel with raised edges used for different work (baker's peel, etc.)

• “qyrek”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “qyrek”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qyrek”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 385