shtëpâ
Albanian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ); compare Macedonian стопан (stopan) ‘master, owner’.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtəˈpã/
Noun
shtëpâ m (indefinite plural shtëpâj, definite singular shtëpani, definite plural shtëpâjt)
- (Gheg) head shepherd
- (Gheg) herdsman of dairy animals
- Synonym: stanar
Derived terms
- shtëpresë, shtëpreshë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shtëpâ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, page 438