mështekër

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • Gheg: mështekën

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Late Latin mastichinus (“gummy”)[1] (compare Romanian mesteacăn (“birch”), Sicilian mastigona (“piney thistle”)), from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), from μαστίχη (mastíkhē, “mastic”).

Noun

mështekër f (plural mështekra, definite mështekra, definite plural mështekrat)

  1. silver birch, European white birch (Betula pendula)

Synonyms
  • baloshe

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000). Concise Albanian Grammar. Page 56.
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