Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Tosk, Arbëreshë and Arvanitic variant of Gheg arbën.

Noun

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arbër m

  1. Albanian (of the Albanian nation)
  2. indefinite nominative of Arbëri
  3. (regional, Tosk, Tomorr) little boy

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References

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  1. ^ [1]"RESEARCHES IN GREECE, Part 1" (Chapter ROMAICO (greek) - ARVANETIC VOCABULARY), Page 296: Albanian = Skipetár, by William Martin Leake, year 1814
  2. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, →ISBN, page 172, "...area, including Oaneum on a river Aratus, which controlled the route leading west to the kingdom of Gentius among the Labeates around Vlora (Valona) here is in real the Labeates not in Shkodra,this part these pieces of land are called again today Labëria (Labeati)."
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “arbër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 208-9

Further reading

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  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “arbër”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 9