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Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (Arnavut), from earlier (Arvanid), from Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), ultimately from Albanian arbër / arbën.
Noun
arnaút m (plural arnaútë / arnautllárë, definite arnaúti)
- Albanian (so called by the Turks)
- Synonym: shqiptár
References
- “arnaut”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Bardhi, Frang (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