malësor

Albanian

Traditional haircuts of Kastrati and Shkreli highlander tribesmen.

Alternative forms

• malsor, malcor — Gheg

Etymology

From malësi (“highland”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maləˈsoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

malësor m (plural malësorë); feminine equivalent malësore

1. highlander, mountaineer, someone who lives or has descent from the highlands

   Synonym: malas

Declension

Declension of malësor

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	malësor	malësorë	malësori	malësorët
accusative			malësorin
dative	malësori	malësorëve	malësorit	malësorëve
ablative		malësorësh

Descendants

• → Aromanian: malesor
• → Ottoman Turkish: مالسور (malsor)

References

• “malësór,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1053a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “mal-sí […] -suer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 261a

Adjective

malësor (feminine malësore)

1. akin to inhabitants of highlands

   veshje malësore

   traditional clothing of highlanders

   (literally, “mountaineer clothing”)

References

• “malësór,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1053a