Ἀρβανίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian arbër / arbën + -ίτης (-ítēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.vaˈni.tis/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.vaˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.vaˈni.tis/

Noun

Ἀρβανίτης • (Arbanítēs) m (genitive Ἀρβανίτου); first declension (Byzantine)

1. an Albanian
   • 1853 [c. 1079], Michael Attaleiates, Historia, page 297, lines 19–23:

     ἐπὰν δ' ἔγνω πολύ τι στρατόπεδον συναγηοχὼς καὶ ἀξιόμαχον δύναμιν (εἶχε γὰρ καὶ Ῥωμαίων πολλῶν στρατιωτικόν, Βουλγάρων τε καὶ Ἀρβανιτῶν, καὶ οἰκείους ὑπασπιστὰς οὐκ ὀλίγους), ἄρας ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς τὴν Θεσσαλονίκην ἠπείγετο.

     epàn d' égnō polú ti stratópedon sunagēokhṑs kaì axiómakhon dúnamin (eîkhe gàr kaì Rhōmaíōn pollôn stratiōtikón, Boulgárōn te kaì Arbanitôn, kaì oikeíous hupaspistàs ouk olígous), áras ekeîthen pròs tḕn Thessaloníkēn ēpeígeto.

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Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρβανῑ́της; τοῦ Ἀρβανῑ́του (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρβανῑ́της ho Arbanī́tēs	οἱ Ἀρβανῖται hoi Arbanîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρβανῑ́του toû Arbanī́tou	τῶν Ἀρβανῑτῶν tôn Arbanītôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀρβανῑ́τῃ tôi Arbanī́tēi	τοῖς Ἀρβανῑ́ταις toîs Arbanī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρβανῑ́την tòn Arbanī́tēn	τοὺς Ἀρβανῑ́τᾱς toùs Arbanī́tās
Vocative	Ἀρβανῖτᾰ Arbanîta	Ἀρβανῖται Arbanîtai

Descendants

• Greek: Αρβανίτης (Arvanítis)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آرناود (arnavud), آرناؤد (arnaʼud)
  • Turkish: Arnavut
  • → Abkhaz: арнауҭ (arnawt)
  • → Albanian: arnaut
  • → Arabic: أَرْنَؤُد (ʔarnaʔud)
  • → Armenian: առնավուտ (aṙnavut)
  • → Bulgarian: арнау́т (arnaút)
  • → English: Arnaut
  • → Ladino: ארנאאוט (arnaut⁩)
  • → Macedonian: Арнаут (Arnaut)
  • → Romanian: arnăut
• → Romanian: arvanit