shqip

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Vladimir Orel, either a calque of Proto-Slavic *slověne (“Slavs”) using shqipoj (“to speak clearly”),[3] or else from shqipe, shkype, dialectal forms of shkabë (“eagle”), according to a tribal totemic belief linked to the Albanian medieval flag. Replaced the now dialectal (Arbëresh, Arvanitika) arbër, αρbε̰ρ (arbër) ~ arbën.

The first trace of the name "Shqiptar" appears at the end of the XIV century in the town of Drisht (Drivastum) of Northern Albania as a family name (1368 - 1402: Schibudar, Schepuder, Schapudar, Scapuder).

Petar Skok suggested that this word is originated from Scupi (Shkupi), the capital of the Roman province of Dardania (today's Skopje).[4] According to Petar Skok, the Albanian demonym Shkuptar (as in inhabitant of Skopje) changed to Shkiptar, which is still used among Arvanite Albanians in Greece, and later to Shqiptar.[5]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃcip/, /ʃc͡ɕip/ (Standard Albanian)
  • IPA(key): /ʃcip/, /ʃc͡ɕip/ (Gheg, [c]~[c͡ɕ] may merge with [t͡ɕ]~[t͡ʃ] in northern Gheg dialects)
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  • IPA(key): /ʃkʲip/ (archaic, preserved in Cham)

Adjective

shqip (feminine shqipe)[6]

  1. Albanian
    gjuha shqipe ― the Albanian language

Adverb

shqip[7]

  1. in the Albanian language
  2. clear, understandable, comprehensive, unequivocally
    Synonyms: qartë, kuptueshëm
    Ia tha shkurt e shqip. ― He said it short and clear.
  • Shqipëri f (“Albania”)
  • shqiptar m (“albanian”), shqiptare f (“id”), Skipetár m (“id”)[8][9] (Arvanitic)
  • shqipe f (“albanian”), shqipe f (“eagle”)
  • shqipoj (“I say clear”) (active)
  • shqipuar (“clearly said”) (participle)
  • shqiptoj (“I pronounce”) (active)
  • shqiptohem (“I express myself”) (passive)
  • shqiptuar (“pronounced”) (participle)
  • shqiptim m (“pronunciation”)
  • shqipëlloj (“I explain”) (active)
  • shqipëlluar (“explained”) (participle)
  • shqipëllim m (“explainig”)
  • shqipërim m (“translating”)
  • shqipëroj (“I translate”) (active)
  • shqipëruar (“translated”) (participle)
  • shqiponjë f (“eagle”)

References
  1. ΔΙΑΤΑ Ε RĒ (Standard Albanian: Dhjata e Re ('The New Testament'), Konstantin Kristoforidi (Konstandin Kristoforidhi), 1872
  2. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 16, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqip”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
  4. "ALBANCI". Enciklopedija Jugoslavije 2nd ed. Supplement. Zagreb: JLZ. 1984. p. 1.
  5. Shqiptar on Wikipedia
  6. Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 547 (adjective shqíp (m.), shqípe (f.))
  7. Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 547 (adverb shqip)
  8. William Martin-Leake (1814) Researches in Greece, John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, page 296 ( → see chapter “Romaico (greek) - Arvanetic (arvanitic) vocabulary”: Άλβανήτης, Άρβανήτης = Albanian = Skipetár)
  9. William Martin-Leake (2010) Reasearches in Greece, Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, →ISBN, page 296 ( → see chapter “Romaico (greek) - Arvanetic (arvanitic) vocabulary”: Άλβανήτης, Άρβανήτης = Albanian = Skipetár)

Further reading
  • adjective shqip (shqipe (f.)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • adverb shqip • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • shqip • "Fjalë - Fjalor Shqip" ('Word - Albanian Dictionary')
  • shqip • "Shkenca" ('Science')
  • shqip • "Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme Shqipe - Shkenca" ('Dictionary of today's Albanian language - Science')
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