Арнаут

See also: арнаут

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرناود (arnaud, arnavud).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈarnaut]

Proper noun

Арнаут • (Arnaut) m (plural Арнаути, feminine Арнаутка, relational adjective арнаутски, diminutive Арнаутче)

(archaic) Albanian
Synonyms: Албанец m (Albanec); (derogatory) Шиптар m (Šiptar)

Declension

Declension of *Арнаут*
	singular	plural
indefinite	Арнаут (Arnaut)	Арнаути (Arnauti)
definite unspecified	Арнаутот (Arnautot)	Арнаутите (Arnautite)
definite proximal	Арнаутов (Arnautov)	Арнаутиве (Arnautive)
definite distal	Арнаутон (Arnauton)	Арнаутине (Arnautine)
vocative	Арнауту (Arnautu)	Арнаути (Arnauti)
count form	—	Арнаута (Arnauta)

Related terms

арнаутски (arnautski)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish arnavut, from Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (arnavut, “an Albanian”). Entered Ottoman Turkish from the Byzantine Greek ethnonym Arvanitis (Αρβανίτης) after the syllable cluster van was rearranged through metathesis to nav giving the final Turkish forms as Arnavut and Arnaut. Meanwhile in Greek the name Arvanitis was derived from the original term Alvanitis (Ἀλβάνίτης) as a process of rhotacism Alv- into Arv-. In return Alvanitis stems from the name Alvanos (Ἀλβάνος) Albanian, from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /arnǎut/
Hyphenation: Ар‧на‧ут

Noun

Арна̀ут m anim (Latin spelling Arnàut, female equivalent Арна̀утка)

(dated) Albanian (especially from the territories surrounding the Republic of Albania)
Исељавање Арнаута ― The Expulsion of the Albanians (1937 memorandum by Vaso Čubrilović)
a male surname

Declension

Declension of *Арнаут*
	singular	plural
nominative	Арнаут	Арнаути
genitive	Арнаута	Арнаута
dative	Арнауту	Арнаутима
accusative	Арнаута	Арнауте
vocative	Арнауте	Арнаути
locative	Арнауту	Арнаутима
instrumental	Арнаутом	Арнаутима

References

^ Ulrich Theißen (2007), Zeitschrift für Balkanologie (in German), page 90:
Der ursprüngliche Name ἀλβανίτης (abgeleitet von ἀλβάνος) wurde im Neugriechischen zu ἀρβανίτης […]. In türkischer Vermittlung erfuhr die Silbe -van- eine Metathese zu -nav-, so dass die türkische Form des Namens für die Albaner arnavut bzw. arnaut lautet. In dieser Form gelangte das Wort ins Bulgarische (BER I/1971: 15).
The original name ἀλβανίτης (derived from ἀλβάνος) became ἀρβανίτης in Modern Greek […]. In being mediated to Turkish, the syllable -van- underwent metathesis to -nav-, so that the Turkish form of the name for the Albanians is Arnavut or Arnaut. In this form, the word passed into Bulgarian (BER I/1971: 15).
^ Noel Malcolm (1998), Kosovo: A Short History, London: Macmillan, page 29:
The name used in all these references is, allowing for linguistic variations, the same: 'Albanenses' or 'Arbanenses' in Latin, 'Albanoi' or 'Arbanitai' in Byzantine Greek. (The last of these, with an internal switching of consonants, gave rise to the Turkish form 'Arnavud', from which 'Arnaut' was later derived.)

[1] Ulrich Theißen (2007), Zeitschrift für Balkanologie (in German), page 90:
Der ursprüngliche Name ἀλβανίτης (abgeleitet von ἀλβάνος) wurde im Neugriechischen zu ἀρβανίτης […]. In türkischer Vermittlung erfuhr die Silbe -van- eine Metathese zu -nav-, so dass die türkische Form des Namens für die Albaner arnavut bzw. arnaut lautet. In dieser Form gelangte das Wort ins Bulgarische (BER I/1971: 15).
The original name ἀλβανίτης (derived from ἀλβάνος) became ἀρβανίτης in Modern Greek […]. In being mediated to Turkish, the syllable -van- underwent metathesis to -nav-, so that the Turkish form of the name for the Albanians is Arnavut or Arnaut. In this form, the word passed into Bulgarian (BER I/1971: 15).

[2] Noel Malcolm (1998), Kosovo: A Short History, London: Macmillan, page 29:
The name used in all these references is, allowing for linguistic variations, the same: 'Albanenses' or 'Arbanenses' in Latin, 'Albanoi' or 'Arbanitai' in Byzantine Greek. (The last of these, with an internal switching of consonants, gave rise to the Turkish form 'Arnavud', from which 'Arnaut' was later derived.)

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