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Albanian
Etymology
Uncertain, but cognate to Romanian păstaie (“pod”), Aromanian pãstalji (“pod”):
- Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *pī̆stālia (whence also the (A)Romanian words), from Late Latin pī̆stāre (“to pound”), frequentative of Latin pīnsāre (“to stamp, pound, crush”),[1] but this is semantically questionable.
- An alternative proposal is from bisht (“tail”) + -ajë.[2]
- Finally, may be of the same Iranian origin as Latin pistacium (“pistacchio”), Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), βιστάκιον (bistákion), Persian بسته (boste, “nut”), Sanskrit बुस्त (busta, “husk or shell of fruit”).
Noun
bishtajë f (plural bishtaje, definite bishtaja, definite plural bishtajet)
- pod (of beans)
Declension
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bishtajë”, in Albanian etymological dictionary, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 27
- ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p. 68