Arbëri

Albanian

Alternative forms

Arbënia (Standard, Arbëreshë, Tosk)

Etymology

Tosk variant of Gheg Albanian Arbëni (“Albania”)/Arbënia (“the Albania”), the old name of Albania until (around) the 18th century, when it inexplicably fell out of use in favour of Shqipëria. See arbën and shqip.

Noun

Arbëri f

Albania (nation or state of the Albanians)
indefinite form of Arbëria (“the Albania”)

Declension

Declension of Arbëri

	indefinite	definite
nominative	Arbëri	Arbëria
accusative	Arbëri	Arbërinë
dat./abl.	Arbërie	Arbërisë

Synonyms

(Standard) Shqipëria f, Shqipëri f
(Gheg) Shqypnia f, Schqypni f

Related terms

(Standard) arbër, arbëresh, arbërisht
(Gheg) arbën, arbënesh, arbënisht
(Arvanitic) αρbε̰ρ (arbër), αρbε̰ρεσ̈ (arbëresh), αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ (arbërisht)
(Standard) lab, Labëri, Labëria

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