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 arbër, arbën 'Albanian'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈbeɪniən/
• 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)
• Armenian: ալբանական (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, 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) (Āěrbāníyà de); (of the Albanian people) 阿爾巴尼亞人的, 阿尔巴尼亚人的 (zh) (Āěrbāníyà rén de); (of the Albanian language) 阿爾巴尼亞語的, 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 (albanet’is), ალბანური (albanuri)
• German: albanisch (de)
• Greek: αλβανικός (el) m (alvanikós)
• Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu)
• Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) (ālbāniyan), अल्बानियाई (hi) (albāniyāī)
• Hungarian: albán (hu), albániai
• Icelandic: albanskur (is)
• Interlingua: albanese

• Irish: Albánach
• Italian: albanese (it)
• 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

• Sicilian: arbanisi (scn)
• Slovene: albánski, 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 (plural Albanians)

1. A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.

Translations

Person from Albania

• Albanian: shqiptar (sq)
• Armenian: ալբանացի (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, 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
• Georgian: ალბანელი (albaneli)
• German: Albanier (de) m, Albanierin (de) f
• Greek: Αλβανός (el) m (Alvanós), Αλβανή f (Alvaní), Αλβανίδα f (Alvanída)
• Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu)
• 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, 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 m, Albánka f
• Slovene: Albánec 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 f
• Swedish: alban (sv), albanska (sv)
• Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
• Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
• Ukrainian: алба́нець m (albánecʹ), алба́нка f (albánka)

Proper noun

Albanian

1. 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

Translations

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, 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)
• Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִית (albanít)
• Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) (ālbāniyan)
• Hungarian: albán (hu)
• Icelandic: albanska (is) f
• Interlingua: albanese
• Irish: Albáinis f

• Italian: albanese (it)
• Korean: 알바니아어 (ko) (albani-a-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) (albánskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàinis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ m

  Roman: àlbānskī m

• Slovene: albánščina f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: albanšćina (hsb) f

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

Related terms

• Albanology

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

External links

• Albanian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Albanian language
• 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): /ælˈbeɪniən/
• 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 (ałvanakan)

• Russian: албанский (ru) (albanskij)

Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

1. An inhabitant of Caucasian Albania. Udi people are descended from them.

Translations

inhabitant Caucasian Albania

• Armenian: աղվան (ałvan)
• Old Armenian: աղուան (ałuan)

• Russian: алба́н (ru) m (albán), агва́нец m (agvánec)

Proper noun

Albanian

1. The extinct Northeast Caucasian language once spoken by these people. Udi language is descended from it.

Translations

language

• Armenian: աղվաներեն (ałvaneren)
• Old Armenian: աղուաներէն (ałuanerēn)

• Russian: кавка́зско-алба́нский m (kavkázsko-albánskij) (язы́к), агва́нский 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

External links

• Albany, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Albany, New York

Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)

1. (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Albanian

1. Genitive singular form of Albania.