mështekër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mështekën (Gheg)

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Late Latin mastichinus (“gummy”) (compare Romanian mesteacăn (“birch”), Sicilian mastigona (“piney thistle”)), from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), from μαστίχη (mastíkhē, “mastic”).

Noun

mështekër f (plural mështekra, definite mështekra, definite plural mështekrat)

1. (botany) silver birch, European white birch (Betula pendula)

   Synonyms: baloshe, krahjetë