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.
Translations

Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

  1. A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
Synonyms
Translations

Proper noun

Albanian

  1. The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo.
    (ISO 639 language codes: sq/sqi/alb (Albanian), als (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh).)
Derived terms
Translations

See also
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Albanian terms
  • Appendix:Albanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Albanian

Further reading

Etymology 2

From (Caucasian) Albania +‎ -ian.

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

Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
Translations
Caucasian Albanian — see Caucasian Albanian

Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

  1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
Translations
Caucasian Albanian — see Caucasian Albanian

Etymology 3

Albany +‎ -ian

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

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

Etymology 4

Alba +‎ -ian

Adjective

Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)

  1. (historical, poetic or rare) Scottish, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.

References

Basque

Proper noun

Albanian

  1. inessive indefinite of Albania

Finnish

Proper noun

Albanian

  1. genitive singular of Albania

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