Shqipëria
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Tosk and Standard Albanian form of Gheg Shqipnia, Shqypnia (“the Albania”). Definite form of Shqipëri (“Albania”). Indefinite form Shqipëri + -a f (“the”) (definite article).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃcipəˈɾia/, /ʃcɕipəˈɾia/ (Standard Albanian)
- IPA(key): /ʃcipˈnia/, /ʃcɕipˈnia/, /ʃcipəˈnia/, /ʃcɕipəˈnia/ (Gheg, without rhotacism)
- IPA(key): /ʃkʲipəˈɾia/ (arachaic, preserved in Cham)
Proper noun
Shqipëria f
Declension
See Shqipëri (“Albania”).
Related terms
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 82, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 126, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder