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Albanian
Etymology
From zhyt (“to dive in, to immerse”) + -ër.
Pronunciation
Noun
zhytër f (plural zhýtra, definite zhýtra, definite plural zhýtrat)
- common pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Synonym: shqitëz
Further reading
- “zhytër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “zhytër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “zhyt […] -ër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 589