qift

== Albanian == === Etymology === Shortening of *qiftër, from Byzantine Greek ξιφτέρι, ἐξιφτέριν (xiphtéri, exiphtérin), from Latin accipiter (“hawk”). According to Orel, borrowed directly from Latin accipiter (“vulture”), for the loss of the last syllable see mbret. Doublet of skifter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /cift/ Rhymes: -ift === Noun === qift m (plural qifte, definite qifti, definite plural qiftet) kite (Milvus) Synonyms: kaçubet, hutë (regional) falcon, hawk Synonym: skifter ==== Hyponyms ==== qift i kuqrremtë (“red kite”) (Milvus milvus) qift zeshkan (“black kite”) (Milvus migrans) === References === === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 “qift”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Mann, S. E. (1948), “qift”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 417