See also: mbretëreshe

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From mbretër +‎ -eshë. Compare Romanian împărăteasă.

Noun edit

mbretëreshë f (plural mbretëresha, definite mbretëresha, definite plural mbretëreshat)

  1. queen (monarch or chess piece)
  2. wife of the king, queen consort
  3. queen bee
    Synonyms: matkë, parëz, bletë mëmë

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “mbretëreshë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • mbretëreshë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mbret”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 272