ushtar

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Albanian

Etymology

From ushtë (“spear”), historically identical with usht (“ear (of grain)”).[1]

Noun

ushtar m (plural ushtarë)

  1. soldier
  2. (chess) pawn

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ushtar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 490.

Further reading

  • “ushtar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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