ndoshta

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === nashta, noshta — Gheg === Etymology === Possibly from ndosh (“to happen”), a secondary formation based on ndodh, + -ta. Alternatively from Serbo-Croatian dȍista / до̏иста (“truly, indeed”), considering the propension of Albanians to put an n before a d. Compare ndonjëri from do njëri. === Pronunciation === (Tosk) IPA(key): [ndoshta] (Gheg) IPA(key): [nɔ̃shta] === Adverb === ndoshta (originally Gheg) maybe, perhaps Synonym: mbase === Notes === === References === === Further reading === Jungg, G. (1895), “nnoscta”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 91 Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 27: “forsan — cuurtae, ndosta”