bashtinë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian baština (“inheritance”) from Bulgarian баща (bašta, “father, governor, patriarch”) which is derived from Proto-Slavic *batę (“older brother, daddy”). A rather late borrowing, considering the preserved unstressed vowel, and lack of rhotacism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʃˈtiːn/

Noun

bashtinë f (plural bashtina, definite bashtina, definite plural bashtinat)

1. (historical) inherited land
2. garden

Declension

Declension of bashtinë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bashtinë	bashtina	bashtina	bashtinat
accusative		bashtinën
dative	bashtine	bashtinës	bashtinave	bashtinave
ablative			bashtinash

Synonyms

• kopsht, arë

Derived terms

• bashtinar