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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 ” ) .
Albanian (not comparable )
Of, from, or pertaining to Albania , the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
of or pertaining to Albania
Afrikaans: Albanees (af)
Albanian: shqip (sq) , shkyp , Sccyp ; ( archaic ) arbërisht (sq) , arbënisht
Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ ( ʔalbāniyy )
Hijazi Arabic: ألباني ( ʔalbāni )
Armenian: ալբանական (hy) ( albanakan )
Aromanian: arbinescu , arbinishescu
Asturian: albanés (ast) , albanu (ast)
Azerbaijani: alban
Basque: albaniar
Belarusian: алба́нскі ( albánski )
Bengali: আলবানী (bn) ( albanī )
Bulgarian: алба́нски ( albánski )
Burmese: အယ်လ်ဘေးနီးယား ( ailbhe:ni:ya: )
Catalan: albanès (ca)
Valencian: albanés (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿爾巴尼亞的 / 阿尔巴尼亚的 ( aa3 ji5 baa1 nei4 aa3 dik1 )
Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞的 / 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) ( Ā'ěrbāníyà de )
Czech: albánský (cs)
Danish: albansk (da)
Dutch: Albanees (nl)
Esperanto: albana (eo)
Estonian: albaania , Albaania (et)
Faroese: albanskur
Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
French: albanais (fr)
Friulian: albanês
Galician: albanés (gl)
Georgian: ალბანეთის (ka) ( albanetis ) , ალბანური (ka) ( albanuri )
German: albanisch (de)
Greek: αλβανικός (el) m ( alvanikós )
Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) ( ālbāniyan )
Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִי m ( albáni )
Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) ( ālbāniyan ) , अल्बानियाई (hi) ( albāniyāī )
Hungarian: albán (hu) , albániai (hu)
Icelandic: albanskur (is)
Interlingua: albanese
Irish: Albánach
Italian: albanese (it)
Japanese: アルバニアの (ja) ( Arubania no )
Kazakh: албан ( alban )
Khmer: អាល់បានី (km) ( ʼalbaanii )
Korean: 알바니아의 (ko) ( albaniaui )
Kyrgyz: албан (ky) ( alban )
Ladino: albanez , arvanit
Lao: ອານບານີ ( ʼān bā nī )
Latin: albanicus
Latvian: albāņu , albānisks
Lithuanian: albaniškas (lt) m , albaniška (lt) f
Macedonian: албански ( albanski )
Malay: Albania (ms)
Maltese: Albaniż m
Mongolian: албани ( albani )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albansk (no)
Nynorsk: albansk (nn)
Occitan: albanés (oc)
Persian: آلبانیایی (fa) ( âlbâniyâyi )
Polish: albański (pl) m
Portuguese: albanês (pt)
Romanian: albanez (ro)
Romansch: albanais
Russian: алба́нский (ru) ( albánskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ
Roman: àlbānskī
Sicilian: arbanisi (scn)
Slovak: albánsky (sk)
Slovene: albánski (sl)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: albanski (hsb) m
Spanish: albanés (es)
Swedish: albansk (sv)
Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
Tajik: албанӣ (tg) ( albani )
Thai: แอลเบเนีย (th) ( ɛl-bee-niia )
Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
Turkmen: alban
Ukrainian: алба́нський (uk) ( albánsʹkyj )
Uyghur: ئالبان ( alban )
Uzbek: alban (uz)
Venetan: albanexe (vec) , arbanexe
Vietnamese: An-ba-ni
Yiddish: אַלבאַניש m ( albanish )
Albanian (plural Albanians )
A person from Albania or of Albanian descent .
person from Albania
Afrikaans: Albanees (af)
Albanian: shqiptar (sq) m , shqiptare (sq) f , ( Old Albanian ) arbën m , arbër (sq) m , Arbëreshë (sq)
Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ m ( ʔalbāniyy ) , أَلْبَانِيَّة (ar) f ( ʔalbāniyya )
Armenian: ալբանացի (hy) ( albanacʻi )
Aromanian: arbines m , alvano m , shchiptar m
Asturian: albanés (ast) m , albanu (ast)
Azerbaijani: alban
Basque: albaniar
Belarusian: алба́нец m ( albánjec ) , алба́нка f ( albánka )
Bengali: আলবানী (bn) ( albanī )
Bulgarian: алба́нец m ( albánec ) , алба́нка f ( albánka ) , арнау́т m ( arnaút ) ( archaic ) , арнау́тка f ( arnaútka ) ( archaic )
Carpathian Rusyn: Алба́нець m ( Albánecʹ ) , Алба́нка f ( Albánka )
Catalan: albanès (ca) m , albanesa (ca) f
Valencian: albanés (ca) m , albanesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞人 / 阿尔巴尼亚人 (zh) ( Ā'ěrbāníyàrén )
Crimean Tatar: arnavut
Czech: Albánec (cs) m , Albánka (cs) f
Danish: albaner c
Dutch: Albanees (nl) m , Albanese (nl) f
Esperanto: albano
Estonian: albaanlane (et) m or f , albaanlanna f
Faroese: albani m or f
Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
French: Albanais (fr) m , Albanaise (fr) f
Galician: albanés (gl) m , albanesa f
Georgian: ალბანელი ( albaneli )
German: Albaner (de) m , Albanerin (de) f ; ( obsolete ) Albanier (de) m , Albanierin (de) f
Greek: Αλβανός (el) m ( Alvanós ) , Αλβανή (el) f ( Alvaní ) , Αλβανίδα (el) f ( Alvanída )
Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) ( ālbāniyan )
Hebrew: אלבני m ( albani ) , אלבנית f ( albanit )
Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) ( ālbāniyan )
Hungarian: albán (hu)
Icelandic: Albani m
Interlingua: albanese
Irish: Albánach m
Italian: albanese (it)
Japanese: アルバニア人 (ja) ( アルバニアじん, arubaniajin )
Kazakh: албан ( alban )
Korean: 알바니아인 (ko) ( albaniain ) , 알바니아 사람 ( albania saram )
Kyrgyz: албан (ky) ( alban )
Latvian: albānis m , albāniete f
Lithuanian: albanas (lt) m , albanė (lt) f , albanietis (lt) m , albanietė (lt) f
Macedonian: Албанец m ( Albanec ) , Албанка f ( Albanka )
Malay: orang Albania
Maltese: Albaniż m , Albaniża f
Mongolian: албани хүн ( albani xün )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albaner (no) m
Nynorsk: alban (nn) m , albanar (nn) m
Occitan: albanés (oc)
Ottoman Turkish: آرناود ( arnaud, arnavud )
Polish: Albańczyk (pl) m pers , Albanka (pl) f
Portuguese: albanês (pt) , albanesa f
Romanian: albanez (ro) m , albaneză (ro) f
Romansch: albanais m , albanaisa f
Russian: алба́нец (ru) m ( albánec ) , алба́нка (ru) f ( albánka )
Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Алба́нац m , А̀лба̄нка f
Roman: Albánac m , Àlbānka f
Sicilian: arbanisi (scn) m , arbanisa f
Slovak: Albánec (sk) m , Albánka f
Slovene: Albánec (sl) m , Albánka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Albanaŕ m , Albanarka f
Upper Sorbian: Albanjan (hsb) m , Albančan (hsb) m , Albanjanka f
Spanish: albanés (es) m , albanesa (es) f
Swedish: alban (sv) , albanska (sv)
Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
Tajik: албанӣ (tg) ( albani )
Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
Turkmen: alban
Ukrainian: алба́нець m ( albánecʹ ) , алба́нка f ( albánka )
Uyghur: ئالبان ( alban )
Uzbek: alban (uz)
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 ).)
language
Afrikaans: Albanees (af)
Albanian: shqip (sq) , (gjuha ) shqipe (sq) f , ( Old Albanian ) arbërisht (sq) , Arbërishtja f , T'arbrisht
Arabic:
Hijazi Arabic: ألباني m ( ʔalbāni )
Armenian: ալբաներեն (hy) ( albaneren )
Aromanian: arbinishashti , limba arbinishascã
Asturian: albanés (ast) m
Basque: albaniera (eu)
Belarusian: алба́нская мо́ва f ( albánskaja móva ) , алба́нская f ( albánskaja )
Bengali: আলবানী (bn) ( albanī )
Catalan: albanès (ca) m
Valencian: albanés (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞語 / 阿尔巴尼亚语 (zh) ( Ā'ěrbāníyàyǔ )
Czech: albánština (cs) f
Danish: albansk (da) c
Dutch: Albanees (nl) n
Esperanto: albana (eo)
Estonian: albaania keel (et) , albaania
Faroese: albanskt n
Finnish: albania (fi) , albanian kieli
French: albanais (fr) m
Galician: albanés (gl) m
Georgian: ალბანური ენა ( albanuri ena ) , ალბანური (ka) ( albanuri )
German: Albanisch (de)
Greek: αλβανικά (el) n pl ( alvaniká )
Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) ( ālbāniyan )
Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִית ( albanít )
Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) ( ālbāniyan )
Hungarian: albán (hu)
Icelandic: albanska (is) f
Interlingua: albanese
Irish: Albáinis f
Italian: albanese (it)
Japanese: アルバニア語 (ja) ( アルバニアご, arubaniago )
Kalmyk: албан келн ( alban keln )
Korean: 알바니아어 (ko) ( albania'eo )
Lithuanian: albanų (lt) , albanų kalba (lt)
Macedonian: албански m ( albanski )
Malay: bahasa Albania
Maltese: L-Albaniż
Navajo: Albéínii bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albansk (no) m
Nynorsk: albansk (nn) m
Polish: ( język ) albański (pl) m inan
Portuguese: albanês (pt) m
Romanian: albaneză (ro) f , limba albaneză
Romansch: albanais , lingua albanaisa f
Russian: алба́нский (ru) m ( albánskij )
Scots: Albanie
Scottish Gaelic: Albàinis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ m
Roman: àlbānskī m
Slovene: albánščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: albanšćina (hsb) f
Spanish: albanés (es) m
Swedish: albanska (sv)
Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
Tigrinya: አልቤኒኛ ( ʾälbeniña )
Turkish: Arnavutça (tr)
Ukrainian: алба́нська мо́ва (uk) f ( albánsʹka móva )
From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian .
Albanian (not comparable )
Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
Albanian (countable and uncountable , plural Albanians )
Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
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From Albany + -ian .
Albanian (comparative more Albanian , superlative most Albanian )
( central New York ) of or from the city of Albany , New York State
Albanian (plural Albanians )
( central New York ) Someone from the city of Albany , New York State .
From Alba + -ian .
Albanian (comparative more Albanian , superlative most Albanian )
( historical , poetic or rare ) Scottish , especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba , Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
Albanian
inessive indefinite of Albania
Albanian
genitive singular of Albania