kastravec
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed with a metathesis, from Proto-Slavic *kostrovьcь, compare Serbo-Croatian krȁstavac.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kastɾaˈvɛt͡s/
Noun
kastravec m (indefinite plural kastraveca, definite singular kastraveci, definite plural kastravecat)
- (botany) cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
Synonyms
- trangull
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kastravec”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 173