ushtar

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contracted form of ushtëtar. From ushtë (“spear”). The latter historically identical with usht (“ear (of grain)”).[1]

Noun

ushtar

  1. soldier

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