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

Adjective

bushtër

  1. (Arvanitika) wild

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