Shqipn.

/ʃkjɪp/

Forms: 1900s– Shqip, Shqup, Shqyp.

Etymology: < Albanian shqip, adverb, ‘in Albanian’ (1555; also in sense ‘clearly, intelligibly’), adjective, ‘Albanian’ (1685); further etymology uncertain and disputed: perhaps related to Albanian regional shqipoj (Albanian shqiptoj ) to speak clearly (compare quot 1974 below), and originating as a calque of a Slavonic self-designation (compare Old Church Slavonic Slovēne Slavs < sloviti to speak clearly: see Slovene n. and adj.); or perhaps related to Albanian shqipe eagle (compare quot. 1969 below). Compare Shqipetar n.

= Albanian n.² 2. Cf. Shqipetar n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Albanian

Albanian1786

Albanese1812

Shqip1969

1969 ‘R. Stark’ Blackbird xxv. 169 In Albania, they speak Shqyp... And in Shqyp,..Albania is Shqipenija. That means eagle country.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 422/1 The origins of the general name Albanian..and of the current official name Shqip or Shqipëri, which may well be derived from a term meaning ‘pronounce clearly, intelligibly’, are still disputed.

1976 W. H. Canaway Willow-pattern War iii. 25 ‘From now on we speak only Shqyp’ —which is what Albanians call Albanian.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shqip
释义	Shqipn. /ʃkjɪp/ Forms: 1900s– Shqip, Shqup, Shqyp. Etymology: < Albanian shqip, adverb, ‘in Albanian’ (1555; also in sense ‘clearly, intelligibly’), adjective, ‘Albanian’ (1685); further etymology uncertain and disputed: perhaps related to Albanian regional shqipoj (Albanian shqiptoj ) to speak clearly (compare quot 1974 below), and originating as a calque of a Slavonic self-designation (compare Old Church Slavonic Slovēne Slavs < sloviti to speak clearly: see Slovene n. and adj.); or perhaps related to Albanian shqipe eagle (compare quot. 1969 below). Compare Shqipetar n. = Albanian n.² 2. Cf. Shqipetar n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Albanian Albanian1786 Albanese1812 Shqip1969 1969 ‘R. Stark’ Blackbird xxv. 169 In Albania, they speak Shqyp... And in Shqyp,..Albania is Shqipenija. That means eagle country. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 422/1 The origins of the general name Albanian..and of the current official name Shqip or Shqipëri, which may well be derived from a term meaning ‘pronounce clearly, intelligibly’, are still disputed. 1976 W. H. Canaway Willow-pattern War iii. 25 ‘From now on we speak only Shqyp’ —which is what Albanians call Albanian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1969
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