bushtër

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A derivative of bush (“monster”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”), originally meaning 'to be wild', structurally similar to bisht.

Noun

bushtër f (plural bushtra, definite bushtra, definite plural bushtrat)

  1. (mythology) dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a fire-breathing female dragon
    Synonym: kuçedër
  2. female dog, bitch
    Synonyms: buçe, shakë
  3. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) whore, slut, tramp
    Synonyms: kurvë, lavire, buçe, horrë
  4. (zoology) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
    Synonyms: dosëz, arç, bugjek

Declension

Declension of bushtër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bushtër bushtra bushtra bushtrat
accusative bushtrën
dative bushtre bushtrës bushtrave bushtrave
ablative bushtrash

Adjective

bushtër

  1. (Arvanitika) wild

Further reading

  • “bushtër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “bushtër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 44
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