arnaut
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (Arnavut), from earlier [script needed] (Arvanid), from Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), ultimately from Albanian arbër/arbën.
Noun
editarnaút m (plural arnaútë/arnautllárë, definite arnaúti)
References
edit- “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