English[edit]
Wiktionary
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Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Albanian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to Albania
- 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)
- 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 (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
- 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)
- 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 (âlbâniyâyi)
- Polish: albański (pl) m
- Portuguese: albanês (pt)
- Romanian: albanez (ro)
- Romansch: albanais
- Russian: алба́нский (ru) (albánskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ
- Roman: àlbānskī
- 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) (albanī)
- Thai: แอลเบเนีย (th) (ɛl-bee-niia)
- Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
- Turkmen: alban
- Ukrainian: алба́нський (uk) (albánsʹkyj)
- Uyghur: ئالبان (alban)
- Uzbek: alban (uz)
- Venetian: albanexe (vec), arbanexe
- Vietnamese: An-ba-ni
- Yiddish: אַלבאַניש m (albanish)
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Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)
- (countable) A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person from Albania
- 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) (albanacʿi)
- Aromanian: arbines m, alvano m, shchiptar m
- Asturian: albanés (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: alban
- Basque: albaniar
- Belarusian: алба́нец m (albánjec), алба́нка f (albánka)
- Bengali: আলবানী (bn) (albanī)
- Bulgarian: алба́нец m (albánec), 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 (アルバニアじん, arubaniajin)
- Kazakh: албан (alban)
- Korean: 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
- Romansch: albanais m, albanaisa f
- Russian: алба́нец (ru) m (albánec), алба́нка (ru) f (albánka)
- Rusyn: Алба́нець m (Albánecʹ), Алба́нка 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
- 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) (albanī)
- Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
- Turkmen: alban
- Ukrainian: алба́нець m (albánecʹ), алба́нка f (albánka)
- Uyghur: ئالبان (alban)
- Uzbek: alban (uz)
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Proper noun[edit]
Albanian (plural Albanians)
- 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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
language
- 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
- 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
- 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)
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Albanian (not comparable)
- Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
Translations[edit]
Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)
- Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
Translations[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Albany + -ian
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)
- (central New York) of or from the city of Albany, New York State
Albanian (plural Albanians)
- (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.
Further reading[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Albanian
- inessive indefinite of Albania
Finnish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Albanian
- genitive singular of Albania
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