arnaut

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (Arnavut), from earlier [script needed] (Arvanid), from Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), ultimately from Albanian arbër／arbën.

Noun

arnaút m (plural arnaútë／arnautllárë, definite arnaúti)

1. Albanian (so called by the Turks)

   Synonym: shqiptár

References

• “arnaut”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 22: “epirote — iarbenesce, turcicè arnautlar”
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “arnaut”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 44