Tosk Definition

tŏsk
noun
The dialect of Albanian spoken in the southern half of Albania and by populations in Italy and Greece. The standardized form of Albanian used for official purposes is based on Tosk.
American Heritage
An Albanian who speaks Tosk.
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Synonyms:
  • Tosk dialect

Origin of Tosk

  • Albanian toskë

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tosk Sentence Examples

  • The name Albania (in the Tosk dialect Arberia, in the Gheg Arbenia), like Albania in the Caucasus, Armenia, Albany in Britain, and Auvergne (Arvenia) in France, is probably connected with the root alb, alp, and signifies "the white or snowy uplands."

  • The name Tosk is possibly identical with Tuscus, Etruscus, while the form Tyrrhenus perhaps survives in Tirana.

  • The Albanians, both Ghegs and Tosks, call themselves Shkiipetar, and their land Shkiipenia or Shkiiperia, the former being the Gheg, the latter the Tosk form of the word.

  • A district near Kroia is locally known as Arbenia; the Tosk form Arberia strictly applies only to the mountain region near Avlona.

  • The Italian and Sicilian Albanians are of Tosk descent, and many of them still speak a variation of the Tosk dialect.

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Words Starting With

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