mështekër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mështekën

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin mastichinus (“gummy”) (compare Romanian mesteacăn (“birch”), Sicilian mastigona (“piney thistle”)), from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), from μαστίχη (mastíkhē, “mastic”).

Noun

mështekër f (plural mështekra, definite mështekra, definite plural mështekrat)

1. silver birch, European white birch (Betula pendula)

Synonyms

• baloshe