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ushtar

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
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