Albanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek μύστρον (mústron). Cognate to Greek μυστρί (mystrí), Bulgarian мистрия (mistrija), Serbo-Croatian мистрија, Romanian mistrie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mistˈɾi/
  • Rhymes: -ɾi
  • Hyphenation: mist‧rí

Noun

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mistri f (plural mistri, definite mistria, definite plural mistritë) (construction)

  1. trowel
  2. bucket trowel
    Synonym: lyese
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Further reading

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  • “mistri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • mistri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mistrí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 287