Albanian

See also: albanian

English

Alternative forms
  • (abbreviation): Alb.

Etymology 1

From Middle French Albanien, from Old French Albanie (“Albania”), from Medieval Latin Albania, from Vulgar Latin Albanus (“Albanian”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, “a southern Illyrian tribe”). Compare old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër (“Albanian”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
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Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

  1. (countable) A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
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Proper noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

  1. The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. (ISO language codes: alb/sqi/sq (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh).)
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See also
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Albanian terms
  • Appendix:Albanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Albanian
  • Albanian edition of Wiktionary

Further reading

Etymology 2

From (Caucasian) Albania +‎ -ian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Caucasian Albania, to its people or language.
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Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

  1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Caucasian Albania. Udi people are descended from them.
  2. (uncountable) The extinct Northeast Caucasian language once spoken by these people, and from which Udi is descended.
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language

Etymology 3

Albany +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

Adjective

Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)

  1. (central New York) of or from the city of Albany, New York State

Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

  1. (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

Further reading

Finnish

Proper noun

Albanian

  1. Genitive singular form of Albania.

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