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, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.

Translations

of or pertaining to Albania

• Albanian: shqip (sq); (archaic) arbërisht (sq), arbënisht
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ‎ (ʾalbāniyy)
• Armenian: ալբանական (hy) (albanakan)
• Asturian: albanés (ast)
• Azerbaijani: alban
• Basque: albaniar
• Belarusian: алба́нскі (albánski)
• 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 (zh), 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) (Ā'ěrbāníyà de)

• Czech: albánský (cs)
• Danish: albansk (da)
• Dutch: Albanees (nl), Albanese (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 (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
• Interlingue: albanés
• Irish: Albánach
• Italian: albanese (it)
• Japanese: アルバニアの (ja) (Arubania no)
• Kazakh: албан (alban)
• Khmer: អាល់បានី (km) (ʾalbaanii)
• Korean: 알바니아의 (ko) (albaniaui)

• Kyrgyz: албан (ky) (alban)
• Lao: ອານບານີ (’ān bā nī)
• Latin: albanicus
• Latvian: albāņu, albānisks
• Lithuanian: albaniškas (lt) m, albaniška (lt) f
• Macedonian: албански (albanski)
• Malay: Albania
• Maltese: Albaniż m
• Mongolian: албани (albani)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albansk (no)

  Nynorsk: albansk (nn)

• Novial: albani
• Persian: آلبانیایی‎ (âlbâniyâyi)
• Polish: albański (pl)
• 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)

Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

1. (countable) A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.

Synonyms

• Albanese

Translations

person from Albania

• Albanian: shqiptar (sq) m, shqiptare (sq) f, (Old Albanian) arbën m, arbër (sq) m, Arbëreshë (sq)
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ‎ m (ʾalbāniyy), أَلْبَانِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ʾalbāniyya)
• Armenian: ալբանացի (hy) (albanacʿi)
• Asturian: albanés (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: alban
• Basque: albaniar
• Belarusian: алба́нец m (albánjec), алба́нка f (albánka)
• 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 (zh), 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 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 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
• Interlingue: 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 hün)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albaner (no) m

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

• Novial: albane m or 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
• 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)

Proper noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

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

• Old Albanian

Related terms

• Albanology

Translations

language

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

• 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) A native or 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 of Albania

Anagrams

• albaanin