Albanian

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Etymology

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According to Orel, from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin *gusia (compare Aromanian gushi, gushe, Italian gozzo (gizzard), Friulian gose, French gosier (gullet)).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ʃə
  • Hyphenation: gú‧shë

Noun

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gushë m (plural gusha, definite gusha, definite plural gushat)

  1. throat (usually outer throat)
  2. anterior or upper neck
  3. craw, crop
  4. (medicine) goitre
    Synonym: strumë
  5. (military) cartridge, cylinder, lower arched part of something
    gusha e revolescylinder of a revolver

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gushë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 128

Further reading

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  • “gushë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • gushë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gushë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 139