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Dukagjin
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dukagjin
English
Etymology
en sq Dukagjin, see there for more.
Proper noun
en region c/Kosovo
en Metohija
en Plain of Dukagjin
en historical en sandjak elayet/Rumelia c/Ottoman Empire, roughly corresponding to the above
Translations
Metohija
Albanian
sq:Rrafshi i Dukagjinit
region Q818606 village Q16353229 village Q57831989 sq
Etymology
A Dukagjini family noble family, originating as an univerbation of the title and name of its progenitor Duke Gjin Tanushi, attested as la ducem Ginium Tanuschum Albanensem (1281).la Acta et diplomata res Albaniae mediae aetatis illustrantia Lajos Thallóczy von Thallóczy, Ludovicus; et al. 1 Vienna 1913 A. Holzhausen 12 July 1281 135a cum Henrico Caballerio prothontino Brundusii fideli nostro ad presense nostris demus licteris in mandatis, ut ducem Ginium Tanuschum Albanensem et quemdam Grecum nomine Mashide The surname is later attested as la Ducaginus, ota دوقکین زاده dukakin zade, it Ducagini. The branch of the family that settled in Capodistria became known as it Docaini, it Ducaini. The entry for the surname itself is at sq Dukagjini.
The first attestation of the term used to refer to the plain regardless of the family ruling over it is in the first half of the 16th century with the establishment of the Sanjak of Dukagjin, see it Ducagini, ota دوقهكین duka-gin. The name was also previously attested as a kaza in the Sanjak of Scutari. Also relatedly translates Serbo-Croatian sh Metohija, as in sq Kosova dhe Dukagjini Kosovo and Metohija.
sq Q16353229 1 is first attested in 1635 by Frang Bardhi, where he calls it a new city, and translates the village as la Ducagina and it Ducagini, see quote.
Pronunciation
sq /dukaˈɟin/
sq in 3
sq dukagjin
Proper noun
m Dukagjinë Dukagjini Dukagjinët
sq Q818606 sq Dukagjin region c/Kosovo
sq Rrafshi i Dukagjinit
sq Rrafshi i Dukagjinit the Dukagjin Plain
sq obsolete sq region r/Balkans, including the above as well as parts of Northern Albania
sq historical countable member of the Dukagjini family
sq Q16353229 sq village co/Kukës c/Albania
sq w:Frang Bardhi Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum Rome Propaganda Fide 1635 196f. https://books.google.com?id=PJP7gP1p-JAC&pg=PA196 Civitas nova, sivè Ducagina aedificata his nostris temporibus in arduis, asperisq. Albaniae montibus à Turca quodam Epirota nomine Buloli, Ducaginorum Praefecto, vel ut Turcico more dicamus, Zanzacho, Città nuova, ò Ducagini, Gȣtetia eree, oò Ducagin. The new city, that is Ducagina, was built in our times in the steep and rough mountains of Albania by a certain Albanian Turk named Buloli, the official of the Ducagini, or as we say in Turkish, sancak. gjytetja e re or Dukagjin.
sq Q57831989 sq village co/Dibër c/Albania
sq male
sq Dugagjin
Declension
ë
Derived terms
sq dukagjin dukagjinas
sq Toponyms Rrafshi i Dukagjinit Malësia e Dukagjinit
sq Anthroponyms Dukagjini Dukagjinaj Dukagjina
Related terms
sq dukë Gjin
References
sq Gelasius:Toponomastik 17 37f. Dukagjini
sq Dražić:2019 20b Дукађин Dukagjin
sq Topalli:2017 417b dúkë Dukagjin
sq Çabej:SEFSH 3 354ab dukë Dukagjin