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kastravec

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Metathesized from original krastavec, borrowed from Serbo-Croatian krȁstavac.[1][2][3][4] Used concurrently with the older term trangull.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kastravec m (plural kastraveca, definite kastraveci, definite plural kastravecat)

  1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

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References

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  1. ^ Svane, Gunnar (1992), Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Acta Iutlandica. Humanistische Reihe; 67) (in German), Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 132
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kastravec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
  3. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), “kastravec”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, pages 161-162
  4. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kastravec”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 731