nafakë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === nafaka, nafak === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفقه (nafaka). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈfakə/ Rhymes: -akə === Noun === nafakë f (definite nafaka) (colloquial) luck, fortune Synonyms: fat, mbarësi, baft me nafakë ― luckily nafakë e keqe, nafakë e zezë ― bad luck nafakë e mirë ― good luck ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === i nafakë (archaic) lucky Synonym: fatmirë === References === “nafak/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1195f. Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “nafaka”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 327 Jungg, G. (1895), “nafak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 86a Meyer, G. (1891), “nafák”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 296 Rossi, F. (1875), “nafàk”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 861ab === Further reading === “nafakë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006