# Albanian
## English
### Alternative forms

* (abbreviation): Alb.

### Etymology 1

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”). By surface analysis, Albania +‎ -an.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪniən

#### Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)
* Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
** 2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎:Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.

##### Translations
#### Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)
* A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
** 2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎:Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, following the 1998-99 war in which Kosovar Albanians attempted to break from what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, made up of today’s Serbia and Montenegro.

##### Synonyms

* Albanese

##### Translations
#### Proper noun

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).)

##### Derived terms

* Old Albanian

##### Related terms

* Albanology

##### Translations
#### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Albanian terms
* Appendix:Albanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Albanian

#### Further reading

* Albanian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Albanian–English Dictionary: from Webster's Online Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
* ISO 639-1 code sq, ISO 639-3 code sqi (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Albanian, sqi ⁠, a macrolanguage including:
* Ethnologue entry for Gheg Albanian, aln ⁠
* Ethnologue entry for Arbëreshë Albanian, aae ⁠
* Ethnologue entry for Arvanitika Albanian, aat ⁠
* Ethnologue entry for Tosk Albanian, als ⁠

### Etymology 2

From (Caucasian) Albania +‎ -ian.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
* Rhymes: -eɪniən

#### Adjective

Albanian (not comparable)
* Synonym of Caucasian Albanian

##### Translations
#### Noun

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)
* Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
** 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 291:The Albanians honored old-age in all men, death in none, accounting it vnlawfull to mention a dead man; with whom they alſo buried his wealth.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Albany +‎ -ian.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪniən

#### Adjective

Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)
* (central New York) of or from the city of Albany, New York State

#### Noun

Albanian (plural Albanians)
* (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

#### Further reading

* Albany, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 4

From Alba +‎ -n- +‎ -ian.

#### Adjective

Albanian (comparative more Albanian, superlative most Albanian)
* (historical, poetic or rare) Scottish, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.

### References

* “Albanian”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* “Albanian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Basque
### Proper noun

Albanian
* inessive indefinite of Albania

## Finnish
### Proper noun

Albanian
* genitive singular of Albania

### Anagrams

* albaanin