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) (mythology) dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a fire-breathing female dragon Synonym: kuçedër female dog, bitch Synonyms: buçe, shakë (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) whore, slut, tramp Synonyms: kurvë, lavire, buçe, horrë (zoology) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa) Synonyms: dosëz, arç, bugjek ==== Declension ==== === Adjective === bushtër (Arvanitika) wild ==== Related terms ==== bushtërz bisht bush === Further reading === “bushtër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Mann, S. E. (1948), “bushtër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 44