Albanian

See also: albanian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Alb.

Etymology 1

Albanian statesman and first prime minister of Albania, Ismail Qemali. He is widely considered to be the founder of modern Albania.

From Albania +‎ -n. Doublet of Albanese. Compare Middle French Albanien and old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër (“Albanian”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ælˈbeɪn.jən/, /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɔlˈbeɪn.jən/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɑlˈbeɪn.jən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪniən
• Hyphenation: Al‧ba‧ni‧an, Al‧ban‧ian

Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]
   • 2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.

Derived terms

• Albanianize
• Albanianness
• albo
• Proto-Albanian
• Turco-Albanian

Translations

of or pertaining to Albania

• Afrikaans: Albanees (af)
• Albanian: shqip (sq), shkyp, Sccyp; (archaic) arbërisht (sq), arbënisht
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ (ʔalbāniyy)

  Hijazi Arabic: ألباني (ʔalbāni)

• Armenian: ալբանական (hy) (albanakan)
• Aromanian: arbinescu, arbinishescu
• Asturian: albanés (ast), albanu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: alban
• Basque: albaniar
• Belarusian: алба́нскі (albánski)
• Bengali: আলবানী (bn) (albanī)
• Bulgarian: алба́нски (albánski)
• Burmese: အယ်လ်ဘေးနီးယား (ailbhe:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: albanès (ca)

  Valencian: albanés (ca)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿爾巴尼亞的 / 阿尔巴尼亚的 (aa³ ji⁵ baa¹ nei⁴ aa³ dik¹)

  Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞的 / 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) (Ā'ěrbāníyà de)

• Czech: albánský (cs)
• Danish: albansk (da)
• Dutch: Albanees (nl)
• Esperanto: albana (eo)
• Estonian: albaania, Albaania (et)
• Faroese: albanskur
• Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
• French: albanais (fr)
• Friulian: albanês
• Galician: albanés (gl)
• Georgian: ალბანეთის (ka) (albanetis), ალბანური (ka) (albanuri)
• German: albanisch (de)
• Greek: αλβανικός (el) m (alvanikós)
• Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) (ālbāniyan)
• Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִי m (albáni)
• Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) (ālbāniyan), अल्बानियाई (hi) (albāniyāī)
• Hungarian: albán (hu), albániai (hu)
• Icelandic: albanskur (is)
• Interlingua: albanese
• Irish: Albánach
• Italian: albanese (it)
• Japanese: アルバニアの (ja) (Arubania no)
• Kazakh: албан (alban)
• Khmer: អាល់បានី (km) (ʼalbaanii)
• Korean: 알바니아의 (ko) (albaniaui)
• Kyrgyz: албан (ky) (alban)
• Ladino: albanez, arvanit
• Lao: ອານບານີ (ʼān bā nī)
• Latin: albanicus
• Latvian: albāņu, albānisks
• Lithuanian: albaniškas (lt) m, albaniška (lt) f
• Macedonian: албански (albanski)
• Malay: Albania (ms)
• Maltese: Albaniż m
• Mongolian: албани (albani)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albansk (no)

  Nynorsk: albansk (nn)

• Occitan: albanés (oc)
• Persian: آلبانیایی (fa) (âlbâniyâyi)
• Polish: albański (pl) m
• Portuguese: albanês (pt)
• Romanian: albanez (ro)
• Romansh: albanais
• Russian: алба́нский (ru) (albánskij)
• Samogitian: albanėšks
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ

  Latin: àlbānskī (sh)

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

  Upper Sorbian: albanski (hsb) m

• Spanish: albanés (es)
• Swedish: albansk (sv)
• Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
• Tajik: албанӣ (tg) (albani)
• Thai: แอลเบเนีย (th) (ɛl-bee-niia)
• Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
• Turkmen: alban
• Ukrainian: алба́нський (uk) (albánsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: ئالبان (alban)
• Uzbek: alban (uz)
• Venetan: albanexe (vec), arbanexe
• Vietnamese: An-ba-ni (vi)
• Yiddish: אַלבאַניש m (albanish)

Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

2. A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

   Hyponym: Tiranan

   • 2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, following the 1998-99 war in which Kosovar Albanians attempted to break from what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, made up of today’s Serbia and Montenegro.

Synonyms

• Albanese (rare)

Translations

person from Albania

• Afrikaans: Albanees (af)
• Albanian: shqiptar (sq) m, shqiptare (sq) f, (Old Albanian) arbën m, arbër (sq) m, Arbëreshë (sq)
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ m (ʔalbāniyy), أَلْبَانِيَّة (ar) f (ʔalbāniyya)
• Armenian: ալբանացի (hy) (albanacʻi)
• Aromanian: arbines m, alvano m, shchiptar m
• Asturian: albanés (ast) m, albanu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: alban
• Basque: albaniar
• Belarusian: алба́нец m (albánjec), алба́нка f (albánka)
• Bengali: আলবানী (bn) (albanī)
• Bulgarian: алба́нец (bg) m (albánec), алба́нка f (albánka), арнау́т m (arnaút) (archaic), арнау́тка f (arnaútka) (archaic)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Алба́нець m (Albánecʹ), 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 / 阿尔巴尼亚人 (zh) (Ā'ěrbāníyàrén)

• Crimean Tatar: arnavut
• Czech: Albánec (cs) m, Albánka (cs) f
• Danish: albaner c
• Dutch: Albanees (nl) m, Albanese (nl) f
• Esperanto: albano
• Estonian: albaanlane (et) m or f, albaanlanna f
• Faroese: albani m or f
• Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
• French: Albanais (fr) m, Albanaise (fr) f
• Galician: albanés (gl) m, albanesa f
• Georgian: ალბანელი (albaneli)
• German: Albaner (de) m, Albanerin (de) f; (obsolete) Albanier (de) m, Albanierin (de) f
• Greek: Αλβανός (el) m (Alvanós), Αλβανή (el) f (Alvaní), Αλβανίδα (el) 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)
• Japanese: アルバニア人 (ja) (アルバニアじん, arubaniajin)
• Kazakh: албан (alban)
• Korean: 알바니아인 (ko) (albaniain), 알바니아 사람 (albania saram)
• Kyrgyz: албан (ky) (alban)
• 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
• Mongolian: албани хүн (albani xün)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albaner (no) m

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

• Occitan: albanés (oc)
• Polish: Albańczyk (pl) m pers, Albanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: albanês (pt), albanesa f
• Romanian: albanez (ro) m, albaneză (ro) f
• Romansh: albanais m, albanaisa f
• Russian: алба́нец (ru) m (albánec), алба́нка (ru) f (albánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алба́нац m, А̀лба̄нка f

  Latin: Albánac m, Àlbānka f

• Sicilian: arbanisi (scn) m, arbanisa f
• Slovak: Albánec (sk) m, Albánka f
• Slovene: Albánec (sl) m, Albánka 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)
• Tajik: албанӣ (tg) (albani)
• Turkish: Arnavut (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: آرناود (arnaud, arnavud)

• Turkmen: alban
• Ukrainian: алба́нець m (albánecʹ), алба́нка (uk) f (albánka)
• Uyghur: ئالبان (alban)
• Uzbek: alban (uz)

Proper noun

Albanian

2. The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. [from 1786]

Derived terms

• Old Albanian

Related terms

• Albanology

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Albanees (af)
• Albanian: shqip (sq), (gjuha) shqipe (sq) f, (Old Albanian) arbërisht (sq), Arbërishtja f, T'arbrisht
• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: ألباني m (ʔalbāni)

• Armenian: ալբաներեն (hy) (albaneren)
• Aromanian: arbinishashti, limba arbinishascã
• Asturian: albanés (ast) m
• Basque: albaniera (eu)
• Belarusian: алба́нская мо́ва f (albánskaja móva), алба́нская f (albánskaja)
• Bengali: আলবানী (bn) (albanī)
• Catalan: albanès (ca) m

  Valencian: albanés (ca) m

• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏇᏂ (aliqueni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞語 / 阿尔巴尼亚语 (zh) (Ā'ěrbāníyàyǔ)

• Czech: albánština (cs) f
• Danish: albansk (da) c
• Dutch: Albanees (nl) n
• 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 (ka) (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)
• Japanese: アルバニア語 (ja) (アルバニアご, arubaniago)
• 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

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

  Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ m

  Latin: àlbānskī (sh) 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

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 (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Albanian, sqi ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• 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. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian.

Translations

Caucasian Albanian — see Caucasian Albanian

Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian.
   • 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 291:

     The Albanians honored old-age in all men, death in none, accounting it vnlawfull to mention a dead man; with whom they alſo buried his wealth.

Translations

Caucasian Albanian — see Caucasian Albanian

Etymology 3

From Albany +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/

• Audio (General American):

  (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

• Albany, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

From Alba +‎ -n- +‎ -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.

Basque

Proper noun

Albanian

1. inessive indefinite of Albania

Finnish

Proper noun

Albanian

1. genitive singular of Albania

Anagrams

• albaanin