bishtajë

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain, but cognate to Romanian păstaie (“pod”), Aromanian pãstalji (“pod”):

• Possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *pī̆stālia (whence also the (A)Romanian words), from Late Latin pī̆stāre (“to pound”), frequentative of Latin pīnsāre (“to stamp, pound, crush”), but this is semantically questionable.
• An alternative proposal is from bisht (“tail”) +‎ -ajë.
• Finally, may be of the same Iranian origin as Latin pistacium (“pistacchio”), Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), βιστάκιον (bistákion), Persian بسته (boste, “nut”), Sanskrit बुस्त (busta, “husk or shell of fruit”).

Noun

bishtajë f (plural bishtaje, definite bishtaja, definite plural bishtajet)

1. pod (of beans)

Declension

Declension of bishtajë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bishtajë	bishtaje	bishtaja	bishtajet
accusative			bishtajën
dative	bishtaje	bishtajeve	bishtajës	bishtajevet
ablative		bishtajesh