Arbëni

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Arbëri (Standard, Arbëreshë, Tosk)

Etymology

Gheg variant of Albanian Arbëri (“Albania”)/Arbëria (“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.

Proper noun

Arbëni f

1. (Gheg) Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Declension of Arbëni

	indefinite	definite
nominative	Arbëni	Arbënia
accusative		Arbëninë
dat./abl.	Arbënie	Arbënisë

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