arnaut

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (Arnavut), from earlier [script needed] (Arvanid), from Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), ultimately from Albanian arbërarbën.

Noun

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arnaút m (plural arnaútëarnautllárë, definite arnaúti)

  1. Albanian (so called by the Turks)
    Synonym: shqiptár

References

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  • 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