mushkëri

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • mushkëni (Gheg Albanian)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s (“mouse; muscle”). Compare Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣká, “testicle, vulva”), Persian مشک‎ (mušk, “lively, eager”), Ancient Greek μύσχον (múskhon, “genitals”), Latin mūsculus (“muscle”), Old Armenian մուկն (mukn, “muscle”).

Noun

mushkëri f (indefinite plural mushkëri, definite singular mushkëria, definite plural mushkëriat)

  1. lung
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