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Burmistras

BÙRMISTRAS

Etymology

Cf. Latin Burmisters (LAG 448) < German Burgemeister etc. ¹: German. Burgemeister „burmistras“ > Polish. burmistrz > lit. bùrmister (LKŽ I 1193).

Feminine FORMS

Burmistrienė / Burmistraitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈbʊrʲmʲɪstrɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 217.