ushtar

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ushtë (spear), historically identical with usht (ear (of grain)).[1]

Noun[edit]

ushtar m (plural ushtarë)

  1. soldier
  2. (chess) pawn

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “ushtar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 490.

Further reading[edit]

  • “ushtar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980