gabonjë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === gabë, gabojë, shkabonjë === Etymology === 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”)). === Noun === gabonjë f (plural gabonja, definite gabonja, definite plural gabonjat) griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) Synonyms: shkabë, gjyp, coftinar kokëbardhë, shqiponjë gjype, shqiponjë me kurriz (archaic) eagle Synonyms: shkabë, shqipe, shqiponjë (obsolete) hawk ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “gabonjë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Mann, S. E. (1948), “gabojë, gabonjë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 120