kushëri

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsobrīnus (“first cousin, relation”).

Noun

kushëri m (plural kushërinj, definite kushëriri, definite plural kushërinjtë)

1. cousin, first cousin
2. (in the plural) clan, tribe, large family

   Synonyms: farefis, fis, kushërini

References

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kushëri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207