Skipetar

Skipetar

See also: skipetar

English

Noun

Skipetar (plural Skipetars)

1. Alternative form of Shkypetar

Anagrams

• epikarst, parkiest, rape kits

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• shqyptar (Gheg) [ʃɕyptɒɾ] [1]
• Skipetár[2] (Arvanitic)
• shqiptar (Standard)

Etymology

From shqip +‎ -tar. See shqip for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃcɕipˈtaɾ/, /ʃcipˈtaɾ/ (Standard Albanian)
• IPA^(key): /ʃcɕipˈtaɹ/, /ʃcipˈtaɹ/ (Gheg)
• IPA^(key): /ʃkʲipˈtaɾ/ (arachaic, preserved in Cham)

Noun

Skipetar m (Skipetár)

1. An Albanian in general, or specifically, a male Albanian.

Synonyms

• (Standard) arbër
• (Tosk) arbër
• (Arvanitic) αρbε̰ρ (arbër)
• (Arbëreshë) arbër
• (Gheg) arbën

Descendants

• English: Skipetar
• German: Skipetar
• German: Schkipetar
• Portuguese: skipetar
• Serbo-Croatian: Šćìpetār / Serbo-Croatian: Шћѝпета̄р (archaic)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Šȉptār / Serbo-Croatian: Ши̏пта̄р (derogatory term for an Albanian, especially one living in a country of former Yugoslavia))

References

1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 126, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
2. "RESEARCHES IN GREECE, Part 1" (Chapter ROMAICO (greek) - ARVANETIC VOCABULARY), Page 296: Albanian = Skipetár, by William Martin Leake, year 1814

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German

Alternative forms

• Schkipetar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian shqiptar (“Albanian”).

Noun

Skipetar m (weak, genitive Skipetaren, plural Skipetaren, feminine Skipetarin)

1. (obsolete) Albanian (person from Albania)
   • 1985, Title of Paul Lendvai's book:
     Das einsame Albanien: Reportage aus dem Land der Skipetaren

     The lonely Albania: report from the land of the Skipetars

Declension

Declension of Skipetar [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Skipetar	die	Skipetaren
genitive	eines	des	Skipetaren	der	Skipetaren
dative	einem	dem	Skipetaren	den	Skipetaren
accusative	einen	den	Skipetaren	die	Skipetaren

Further reading

• "Die Sprache der Albanesen oder Schkipetaren" (The language of the Albanians or Skipetars) - by Josef von Xylander, year 1835
• "Das einsame Albanien: Reportage aus dem Land der Skipetaren" (The lonely Albania: report from the land of the Skipetars) - by Paul Lendvai, year 1985