bushtër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• buç, buçe, boshtër

Etymology

A derivative of bush (“monster”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”), originally meaning 'to be wild', structurally similar to bisht.

Noun

bushtër f (plural bushtra, definite bushtra, definite plural bushtrat)

1. (mythology) dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a fire-breathing female dragon

   Synonym: kuçedër

2. female dog, bitch

   Synonyms: buçe, shakë

3. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) whore, slut, tramp

   Synonyms: kurvë, lavire, buçe, horrë

4. (zoology) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)

   Synonyms: dosëz, arç, bugjek

Declension

Declension of bushtër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bushtër	bushtra	bushtra	bushtrat
accusative		bushtrën
dative	bushtre	bushtrës	bushtrave	bushtrave
ablative			bushtrash

Adjective

bushtër

1. (Arvanitika) wild

Related terms

• bushtërz
• bisht
• bush

References

• “bushtër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “bushtër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “bushtër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 44