niseshte

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === nisheste === Etymology === Metathesised from the original but now variant nisheste, from Ottoman Turkish نشاسته (nişaste, nişasta, “starch”), possibly with the same [a] > [e] as in the cognate Greek νισεστές (nisestés), ultimately from Persian نشاسته (nešâsta, nešâste). === Noun === niseshté f (definite niseshtja) starch (in general, e.g. in cooking) ==== Declension ==== === See also === amidon (“starch (specifically as organic matter)”) koll (“starch (laundry stiffener)”) === Further reading === “niseshte”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006