Albanian
See also: albanian
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (abbreviation): Alb.
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”).
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Albanian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
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of or pertaining to Albania
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Noun edit
Albanian (plural Albanians)
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person from Albania
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Proper noun edit
Albanian
- 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).)
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language
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See also edit
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Albanian terms
- Appendix:Albanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Albanian
Further reading edit
- 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:
Etymology 2 edit
From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian.
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Albanian (not comparable)
- Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
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Caucasian Albanian — see Caucasian Albanian
Noun edit
Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)
- Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
Translations edit
Caucasian Albanian — see Caucasian Albanian
Etymology 3 edit
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Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)
- (central New York) of or from the city of Albany, New York State
Noun edit
Albanian (plural Albanians)
- (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.
Further reading edit
- Albany, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4 edit
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Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)
- (historical, poetic or rare) Scottish, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
References edit
- “Albanian”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “Albanian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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Albanian
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Albanian