shtarët

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *stara. Cognate to Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “tough, hard”), Old Norse starr (“stiff”), Lithuanian sterti (“to become stiff”)[1].

Adjective

i shtarët m (feminine e shtarët)

  1. bitter
  2. too salty

Synonyms
  1. hidhur, shtarë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shtarët”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 436
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