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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian baština (“inheritance”) from Bulgarian баща (bašta, “father, governor, patriarch”) which is derived from Proto-Slavic *batę (“older brother, daddy”).[1][2] A rather late borrowing, considering the preserved unstressed vowel, and lack of rhotacism.
Pronunciation
Noun
bashtinë m (plural bashtina, definite bashtina, definite plural bashtinat)
- (historical) inherited land
- garden
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References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “bashtinë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 182
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “bashtinë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 98