Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French égyptien. By surface analysis, Egjipt +‎ -ian.

Adjective edit

egjiptian (feminine egjiptiane)

  1. Egyptian
    Synonym: egjiptas

Noun edit

egjiptian m (plural egjiptianë)

  1. Egyptian
    Synonym: egjiptas
  2. (formal) Balkan Egyptian
    Synonyms: evgjit, jevg

References edit

  • “egjiptián,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 417b
  • “egjiptián,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 417b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “Egjypt [] -ian”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 93b