Arbëri

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Arbënia (Standard, Arbëreshë, Tosk)

Etymology

Tosk variant of Gheg Albanian Arbëni (“Albania”)/Arbënia (“the Albania”), the old name of Albania until (around) the 18th century, when it inexplicably fell out of use in favour of Shqipëria. See arbën and shqip.

Proper noun

Arbëri f

1. (Tosk) Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Declension of Arbëri

	indefinite	definite
nominative	Arbëri	Arbëria
accusative		Arbërinë
dat./abl.	Arbërie	Arbërisë

Synonyms

• (Standard) Shqipëria f, Shqipëri f
• (Gheg) Shqypnia f, Schqypni f

Related terms

• (Standard) arbër, arbëresh, arbërisht
• (Gheg) arbën, arbënesh, arbënisht
• (Arvanitic) αρbε̰ρ (arbër), αρbε̰ρεσ̈ (arbëresh), αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ (arbërisht)
• (Standard) lab, Labëri, Labëria