kastravec

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed with a metathesis, from Proto-Slavic *kostrovьcь, compare Serbo-Croatian krȁstavac.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kastɾaˈvɛt͡s/

Noun

kastravec m (indefinite plural kastraveca, definite singular kastraveci, definite plural kastravecat)

  1. (botany) cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kastravec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 173
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