Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *stara. Cognate to Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, tough, hard), Old Norse starr (stiff), Lithuanian sterti (to become stiff).[1]

Adjective

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i shtarët (feminine e shtarët)

  1. bitter
  2. too salty

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtarët”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 436