neshter

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • nishter

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نیشتر (nişter, neşter).[1][2][3]

Noun

neshter m (plural neshterë)

  1. lancet, bistoury
    Synonym: bisturi

References
  1. Meyer, G. (1891) “neštér”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 304
  2. Topalli, K. (2017) “neshter”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1046
  3. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “neshter”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 335

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