niseshte

Albanian

Alternative forms

• nisheste

Etymology

Metathesised from the original but now variant nisheste, from Ottoman Turkish نشاسته (nişaste, nişasta, “starch”), possibly with the same [a] > [e] as in the cognate Greek νισεστές (nisestés), ultimately from Persian نشاسته (nešâsta, nešâste).

Noun

niseshté f (definite niseshtja)

1. starch (in general, e.g. in cooking)

Declension

Declension of niseshte

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	niseshte	niseshtja
accusative		niseshten
dative/ablative	niseshteje	niseshtes

See also

• amidon (“starch (specifically as organic matter)”)
• koll (“starch (laundry stiffener)”)

Further reading

• “niseshte”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006