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/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania (including Caucasian Albania), the Albanian people or the Albanian language.

Translations

of or pertaining to Albania

• Albanian: shqip (sq)
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ‎‎ (ʾalbāniyy)
• Armenian: ալբանական (hy) (albanakan)
• Asturian: albanés (ast)
• Basque: albaniar
• Belarusian: алба́нскі m (albánski)
• Catalan: albanès (ca)

  Valencian: albanés (ca)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: (of Albania) 阿爾巴尼亞的 (aa³ ji⁵ baa¹ nei⁴ aa³ dik¹)

  Mandarin: (of Albania) 阿爾巴尼亞的 (zh), 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) (Āěrbāníyà de); (of the Albanian people) 阿爾巴尼亞人的 (zh), 阿尔巴尼亚人的 (zh) (Āěrbāníyà rén de); (of the Albanian language) 阿爾巴尼亞語的 (zh), 阿尔巴尼亚语的 (zh) (Āěrbāníyà yǔ de)

• Czech: albánský (cs)
• Dutch: Albanees (nl), Albanese (nl)
• Estonian: albaania, Albaania (et)
• Faroese: albanskur
• Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
• French: albanais (fr)
• Friulian: albanês
• Galician: albanés (gl)
• Georgian: ალბანეთის (albanetis), ალბანური (albanuri)
• German: albanisch (de)
• Greek: αλβανικός (el) m (alvanikós)
• Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) (ālbāniyan)
• Hebrew: אלבני‎‎ m (albáni)
• Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) (ālbāniyan), अल्बानियाई (hi) (albāniyāī)
• Hungarian: albán (hu), albániai
• Icelandic: albanskur (is)
• Interlingua: albanese
• Irish: Albánach
• Italian: albanese (it)

• Latin: albanicus
• Latvian: albāņu, albānisks
• Lithuanian: albaniškas (lt) m, albaniška (lt) f
• Malay: Albania
• Maltese: Albaniż m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albansk (no)

  Nynorsk: albansk (nn)

• Novial: albani
• Polish: albański (pl)
• Portuguese: albanês (pt)
• Romanian: albanez (ro)
• Romansch: albanais
• Russian: алба́нский (ru) (albánskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ, ши̏птарскӣ

  Roman: àlbānskī, šȉptarskī (sh)

• Sicilian: arbanisi (scn)
• Slovak: albánsky (sk)
• Slovene: albánski (sl), šíptarski
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: albanski (hsb) m

• Spanish: albanés (es)
• Swedish: albansk (sv)
• Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
• Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
• Ukrainian: алба́нський (uk) m (albánsʹkyj)
• Venetian: albanexe, arbanexe
• Yiddish: אַלבאַניש‎‎ m (albanish)

Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

1. (countable) A person from Albania (including Caucasian Albania) or of Albanian descent.
2. (uncountable) 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))

Synonyms

• Albanese

Derived terms

• Old Albanian

Related terms

• Albanology

Translations

person from Albania

• Albanian: shqiptar (sq)
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ‎‎ m (ʾalbāniyy), أَلْبَانِيَّة‎‎ (ar) f (ʾalbāniyya)
• Armenian: ալբանացի (hy) (albanacʿi)
• Asturian: albanés (ast) m
• Basque: albaniar
• Belarusian: алба́нец m (albánjec), алба́нка f (albánka)
• Catalan: albanès (ca) m, albanesa (ca) f

  Valencian: albanés (ca) m, albanesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞人 (zh), 阿尔巴尼亚人 (zh) (Āěrbāníyà rén)

• Crimean Tatar: arnavut
• Czech: Albánec (cs) m, Albánka (cs) f
• Dutch: Albanees (nl) m, Albanese (nl) f
• Estonian: albaanlane m, f, albaanlanna f
• Faroese: albani m, f
• Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
• French: Albanais (fr) m, Albanaise (fr) f
• Galician: albanés (gl) m, albanesa f
• Georgian: ალბანელი (albaneli)
• German: Albanier (de) m, Albanierin (de) f
• Greek: Αλβανός (el) m (Alvanós), Αλβανή f (Alvaní), Αλβανίδα f (Alvanída)
• Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) (ālbāniyan)
• Hebrew: אלבני‎‎ m (albani), אלבנית‎‎ f (albanit)
• Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) (ālbāniyan)
• Hungarian: albán (hu)
• Icelandic: Albani m
• Interlingua: albanese
• Irish: Albánach m
• Italian: albanese (it)

• Latvian: albānis m, albāniete f
• Lithuanian: albanas (lt) m, albanė (lt) f, albanietis (lt) m, albanietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Албанец m (Albanec), Албанка f (Albanka)
• Malay: orang Albania
• Maltese: Albaniż m, Albaniża f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: alban (nn) m, albanar (nn) m

• Novial: albane m, f, albano m, albana f
• Polish: Albańczyk (pl) m pers, Albanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: albanês (pt), albanesa f
• Romanian: albanez (ro) m, albaneză (ro) f
• Romansch: albanais m, albanaisa f
• Russian: алба́нец (ru) m (albánec), алба́нка (ru) f (albánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алба́нац m, А̀лба̄нка f

  Roman: Albánac m, Àlbānka f

• Slovak: Albánec (sk) m, Albánka f
• Slovene: Albánec (sl) m, Albánka f, Šíptar m, Šíptarka f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Albanaŕ m, Albanarka f

  Upper Sorbian: Albanjan (hsb) m, Albančan (hsb) m, Albanjanka f

• Spanish: albanés (es) m, albanesa (es) f
• Swedish: alban (sv), albanska (sv)
• Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
• Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
• Ukrainian: алба́нець m (albánecʹ), алба́нка f (albánka)

language

• Albanian: shqip (sq), gjuha shqipe (sq) f
• Armenian: ալբաներեն (hy) (albaneren)
• Asturian: albanés (ast) m
• Basque: albaniera (eu)
• Belarusian: алба́нская мо́ва f (albánskaja móva), алба́нская f (albánskaja)
• Catalan: albanès (ca) m

  Valencian: albanés (ca) m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞語 (zh), 阿尔巴尼亚语 (zh) (Āěrbāníyàyǔ)

• Czech: albánština (cs) f
• Danish: albansk (da) c
• Dutch: Albanees (nl)
• Esperanto: albana (eo)
• Estonian: albaania keel (et), albaania
• Faroese: albanskt n
• Finnish: albania (fi), albanian kieli
• French: albanais (fr) m
• Galician: albanés (gl) m
• Georgian: ალბანური ენა (albanuri ena), ალბანური (albanuri)
• German: Albanisch (de)
• Greek: αλβανικά (el) n pl (alvaniká)
• Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) (ālbāniyan)
• Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִית‎‎ (albanít)
• Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) (ālbāniyan)
• Hungarian: albán (hu)
• Icelandic: albanska (is) f
• Interlingua: albanese
• Irish: Albáinis f
• Italian: albanese (it)
• Kalmyk: албан келн (alban keln)

• Korean: 알바니아어 (ko) (albania-eo)
• Lithuanian: albanų (lt), albanų kalba (lt)
• Macedonian: албански m (albanski)
• Malay: bahasa Albania
• Maltese: L-Albaniż
• Navajo: Albéínii bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albansk (no) m

  Nynorsk: albansk (nn) m

• Novial: albanum
• Polish: albański (pl)
• Portuguese: albanês (pt) m
• Romanian: albaneză (ro) f, limba albaneză
• Romansch: albanais, lingua albanaisa f
• Russian: алба́нский (ru) m (albánskij)
• Scots: Albanie
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàinis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ m

  Roman: àlbānskī m

• Slovene: albánščina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: albanšćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: albanés (es) m
• Swedish: albanska (sv)
• Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
• Tigrinya: አልቤኒኛ (ʾälbeniña)
• Turkish: Arnavutça (tr)
• Ukrainian: алба́нська мо́ва (uk) f (albánsʹka móva)

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

• Albanian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Albanian–English Dictionary: from Webster's Online Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code sq, ISO 639-3 code sqi. It's a family or related languages. The individual ones are:

• Ethnologue entry for Gheg Albanian, aln
• Ethnologue entry for Arbëreshë Albanian, aae

• Ethnologue entry for Arvanitika Albanian, aat
• Ethnologue entry for Tosk Albanian, als

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.

Translations

Of or pertaining to Caucasian Albania

• Armenian: աղվանական (hy) (ałvanakan)
• Finnish: albanialainen (fi)

• Russian: алба́нский (ru) (albánskij)

Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

1. (countable) An 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.

Translations

inhabitant Caucasian Albania

• Armenian: աղվան (ałvan)
• Finnish: albanialainen (fi)

• Old Armenian: աղուան (ałuan)
• Russian: алба́н (ru) m (albán), агва́нец m (agvánec)

language

• Armenian: աղվաներեն (hy) (ałvaneren)
• Finnish: albania (fi)

• Old Armenian: աղուաներէն (ałuanerēn)
• Russian: кавка́зско-алба́нский m (kavkázsko-albánskij) (язы́к), агва́нский (ru) m (agvánskij) (язы́к), алба́нский (ru) m (albánskij) (язы́к)

Etymology 3

Albany +‎ -ian

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

• Albany, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Proper noun

Albanian

1. Genitive singular form of Albania.

Anagrams

• albaanin