mistri

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μύστρον (mústron). Cognate to Greek μυστρί (mystrí), Bulgarian мистрия (mistrija), Serbo-Croatian мистрија, Romanian mistrie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mistˈɾi/
• Rhymes: -ɾi
• Hyphenation: mist‧rí

Noun

mistri f (plural mistri, definite mistria, definite plural mistritë) (construction)

1. trowel
2. bucket trowel

   Synonym: lyese

Related terms

• mistrim (“plaster”)
• mistroj (“to plaster”)
• mistris (“to smoothen”)
• mistros (“to plaster”)
• mistrishe (“maize-cob”)

Further reading

• “mistri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “mistri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “mistrí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 287