shtraznik

Albanian

Etymology

From shtrazë (guard) +‎ -nik, with shtrazë from Serbo-Croatian strȃža (guard, watch, supervision),[1] though Serbo-Croatian stràžnīk also exists.

Noun

shtrazník m (plural shtrazníka, definite shtrazníku, definite plural shtrazníkat)

  1. (obsolete) guard

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “shtraznik”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]