piano

sq-noun

piano f (plural piano, definite pianoja, definite plural pianot)

piano (plural)
pianoja (definite)
pianot (definite plural)


flojere

→ Greek: φλογέρα (flogéra)

Borrowed from Aromanian fluiarã, fluearã, from Latin flātūrālis (“blowing”, adj.), from flātūra (“act of blowing”).


potpuri

potpuri muzikore


motiv

motív m (plural motíve, definite motívi, definite plural motívet)

motív (canonical masculine)
motíve (plural)
motívi (definite)
motívet (definite plural)
motív (canonical masculine)
motíve (plural)
motívi (definite)
motívet (definite plural)
motiv (indefinite nominative singular)
motivi (definite nominative singular)
motive (indefinite nominative plural)
motivet (definite nominative plural)
motiv (accusative indefinite singular)
motivin (accusative definite singular)
motive (accusative indefinite plural)
motivet (accusative definite plural)
motivi (dative indefinite singular)
motivit (dative definite singular)
motiveve (dative indefinite plural)
motiveve (dative definite plural)
motivi (ablative indefinite singular)
motivit (ablative definite singular)
motivesh (ablative indefinite plural)
motiveve (ablative definite plural)


akord

(music) chord (combination of three or more pitches)


koncert

koncert m (plural koncerte, definite koncerti)

Internationalism, from Italian concerto.


harf

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرف (harf).


tingull

sq-noun

tingull m (plural tinguj, definite tingulli, definite plural tingujt)

tinguj (plural)
tingulli (definite)
tingujt (definite plural)
tingull (indefinite nominative singular)
tingulli (definite nominative singular)
tinguj (indefinite nominative plural)
tingujt (definite nominative plural)
tingull (accusative indefinite singular)
tingullin (accusative definite singular)
tinguj (accusative indefinite plural)
tingujt (accusative definite plural)
tingulli (dative indefinite singular)
tingullit (dative definite singular)
tingujve (dative indefinite plural)
tingujve (dative definite plural)
tingulli (ablative indefinite singular)
tingullit (ablative definite singular)
tingujsh (ablative indefinite plural)
tingujve (ablative definite plural)

A formation in -ull, from *ting, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare English tinkle.


këndoj

head

këndoj (aorist këndova, participle kënduar)

këndova (aorist)
kënduar (participle)
kënduar (participle)
duke kënduar (gerund)
për të kënduar (infinitive)
këndoj (first-person indicative present singular)
këndon (indicative present second-person singular)
këndon (indicative present singular third-person)
këndojmë (first-person indicative plural present)
këndoni (indicative plural present second-person)
këndojnë (indicative plural present third-person)
këndoja (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
këndoje (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
këndonte (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
këndonim (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
këndonit (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
këndonin (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
këndova (aorist first-person indicative singular)
këndove (aorist indicative second-person singular)
këndoi (aorist indicative singular third-person)
kënduam (aorist first-person indicative plural)
kënduat (aorist indicative plural second-person)
kënduan (aorist indicative plural third-person)
kam kënduar (first-person indicative perfect singular)
ke kënduar (indicative perfect second-person singular)
ka kënduar (indicative perfect singular third-person)
kemi kënduar (first-person indicative perfect plural)
keni kënduar (indicative perfect plural second-person)
kanë kënduar (indicative perfect plural third-person)
kisha kënduar (first-person indicative past perfect singular)
kishe kënduar (indicative past perfect second-person singular)
kishte kënduar (indicative past perfect singular third-person)
kishim kënduar (first-person indicative past perfect plural)
kishit kënduar (indicative past perfect plural second-person)
kishin kënduar (indicative past perfect plural third-person)
pata kënduar (first-person indicative singular)
pate kënduar (indicative second-person singular)
pati kënduar (indicative singular third-person)
patëm kënduar (first-person indicative plural)
patët kënduar (indicative plural second-person)
patën kënduar (indicative plural third-person)
do të këndoj (first-person future indicative singular)
do të këndosh (future indicative second-person singular)
do të këndojë (future indicative singular third-person)
do të këndojmë (first-person future indicative plural)
do të këndoni (future indicative plural second-person)
do të këndojnë (future indicative plural third-person)
do të kem kënduar (first-person future indicative perfect singular)
do të kesh kënduar (future indicative perfect second-person singular)
do të ketë kënduar (future indicative perfect singular third-person)
do të kemi kënduar (first-person future indicative perfect plural)
do të keni kënduar (future indicative perfect plural second-person)
do të kenë kënduar (future indicative perfect plural third-person)
të këndoj (first-person present singular subjunctive)
të këndosh (present second-person singular subjunctive)
të këndojë (present singular subjunctive third-person)
të këndojmë (first-person plural present subjunctive)
të këndoni (plural present second-person subjunctive)
të këndojnë (plural present subjunctive third-person)
të këndoja (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
të këndoje (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
të këndonte (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
të këndonim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
të këndonit (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
të këndonin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
të kem kënduar (first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
të kesh kënduar (perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
të ketë kënduar (perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
të kemi kënduar (first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
të keni kënduar (perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
të kenë kënduar (perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
të kisha kënduar (first-person past perfect singular subjunctive)
të kishe kënduar (past perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
të kishte kënduar (past perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
të kishim kënduar (first-person past perfect plural subjunctive)
të kishit kënduar (past perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
të kishin kënduar (past perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
do të këndoja (conditional first-person imperfect singular)
do të këndoje (conditional imperfect second-person singular)
do të këndonte (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
do të këndonim (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
do të këndonit (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
do të këndonin (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
do të kisha kënduar (conditional first-person past perfect singular)
do të kishe kënduar (conditional past perfect second-person singular)
do të kishte kënduar (conditional past perfect singular third-person)
do të kishim kënduar (conditional first-person past perfect plural)
do të kishit kënduar (conditional past perfect plural second-person)
do të kishin kënduar (conditional past perfect plural third-person)
këndofsha (first-person optative present singular)
këndofsh (optative present second-person singular)
këndoftë (optative present singular third-person)
këndofshim (first-person optative plural present)
këndofshit (optative plural present second-person)
këndofshin (optative plural present third-person)
paça kënduar (first-person optative perfect singular)
paç kënduar (optative perfect second-person singular)
pastë kënduar (optative perfect singular third-person)
paçim kënduar (first-person optative perfect plural)
paçit kënduar (optative perfect plural second-person)
paçin kënduar (optative perfect plural third-person)
kënduakam (admirative first-person present singular)
kënduake (admirative present second-person singular)
kënduaka (admirative present singular third-person)
kënduakemi (admirative first-person plural present)
kënduakeni (admirative plural present second-person)
kënduakan (admirative plural present third-person)
kënduakësha (admirative first-person imperfect singular)
kënduakëshe (admirative imperfect second-person singular)
kënduakësh (admirative imperfect singular third-person)
kënduakëshim (admirative first-person imperfect plural)
kënduakëshit (admirative imperfect plural second-person)
kënduakëshin (admirative imperfect plural third-person)
paskam kënduar (admirative first-person perfect singular)
paske kënduar (admirative perfect second-person singular)
paska kënduar (admirative perfect singular third-person)
paskemi kënduar (admirative first-person perfect plural)
paskeni kënduar (admirative perfect plural second-person)
paskan kënduar (admirative perfect plural third-person)
paskësha kënduar (admirative first-person past perfect singular)
paskëshe kënduar (admirative past perfect second-person singular)
paskësh kënduar (admirative past perfect singular third-person)
paskëshim kënduar (admirative first-person past perfect plural)
paskëshit kënduar (admirative past perfect plural second-person)
paskëshin kënduar (admirative past perfect plural third-person)
këndo (imperative present second-person singular)
këndoni (imperative plural present second-person)

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin, from Latin cantāre.


këngë

sq-noun

këngë f (plural këngë, definite kënga, definite plural këngët)

këngë (plural)
kënga (definite)
këngët (definite plural)
këngë (indefinite nominative singular)
kënga (definite nominative singular)
këngë (indefinite nominative plural)
këngët (definite nominative plural)
këngë (accusative indefinite singular)
këngën (accusative definite singular)
këngë (accusative indefinite plural)
këngët (accusative definite plural)
kënge (dative indefinite singular)
këngës (dative definite singular)
këngëve (dative indefinite plural)
këngëve (dative definite plural)
kënge (ablative indefinite singular)
këngës (ablative definite singular)
këngësh (ablative indefinite plural)
këngëve (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin cantica (“song”). Compare Romanian cântec.

Këngët qytetare të Prishtinës.


cyle

Through many variations ultimately a variant of surle from Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna).

(music) Short, single- or double-barreled double-reed instrument with eight fingerholes. aulos, tibia


sharkë

Either from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), via Gothic or from Proto-Slavic *sorka (“shirt”).
Schuhard and Meyer claim a borrowing from either Latin serica or Latin sarica.

der

female gown (made of wool, covering the shoulders and the chest)


tezgjah

sq-noun

tezgjah m (plural tezgjahë, definite tezgjahu, definite plural tezgjahët)

tezgjahë (plural)
tezgjahu (definite)
tezgjahët (definite plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تزگاه (tezgâh, “workbench”).

bor+

A pick made of cherry tree bark used to play the çiftelia.


tingulloj

head

tingulloj (aorist tingullova, participle tingulluar)

tingullova (aorist)
tingulluar (participle)


pikë

sq-noun

pikë f (plural pika, definite pika, definite plural pikat)

pika (plural)
pika (definite)
pikat (definite plural)
pikë (indefinite nominative singular)
pika (definite nominative singular)
pika (indefinite nominative plural)
pikat (definite nominative plural)
pikë (accusative indefinite singular)
pikën (accusative definite singular)
pika (accusative indefinite plural)
pikat (accusative definite plural)
pike (dative indefinite singular)
pikës (dative definite singular)
pikave (dative indefinite plural)
pikave (dative definite plural)
pike (ablative indefinite singular)
pikës (ablative definite singular)
pikash (ablative indefinite plural)
pikave (ablative definite plural)

Compare pik (“to drip, leak”). Compare also Romanian pic (“a drop of water, a bit”) and Sicilian picca (“a bit, a little”).

(music) point (at the right of a note, raises its value by a half)


çifteli

çiftelí f (plural çiftelí, definite çiftelía, definite plural çiftelítë)

çiftelí (canonical feminine)
çiftelí (plural)
çiftelía (definite)
çiftelítë (definite plural)
çifteli (indefinite nominative singular)
çiftelia (definite nominative singular)
çifteli (indefinite nominative plural)
çiftelitë (definite nominative plural)
çifteli (accusative indefinite singular)
çiftelinë (accusative definite singular)
çifteli (accusative indefinite plural)
çiftelitë (accusative definite plural)
çiftelie (dative indefinite singular)
çiftelisë (dative definite singular)
çiftelive (dative indefinite plural)
çiftelive (dative definite plural)
çiftelie (ablative indefinite singular)
çiftelisë (ablative definite singular)
çiftelish (ablative indefinite plural)
çiftelive (ablative definite plural)

From çift (“pair”) and tel (“string”), meaning "two stringed".

çifteli (plucked string instrument, with only two strings, played mainly by the Gheg people of northern and central Albania and Kosovo)


jongan

Unknown. Possibly related to jonë, a variant of jeh (“echo”), with a unique ending in -gan.


longar

Unknown. Possibly related to Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós).


kitarë

kitarë f (plural kitara, definite kitara, definite plural kitarat)

kitara (plural)
kitara (definite)
kitarat (definite plural)
kitarë (indefinite nominative singular)
kitara (definite nominative singular)
kitara (indefinite nominative plural)
kitarat (definite nominative plural)
kitarë (accusative indefinite singular)
kitarëatn (accusative definite singular)
kitara (accusative indefinite plural)
kitarat (accusative definite plural)
kitareje (dative indefinite singular)
kitarëats (dative definite singular)
kitarave (dative indefinite plural)
kitarave (dative definite plural)
kitareje (ablative indefinite singular)
kitarëats (ablative definite singular)
kitarash (ablative indefinite plural)
kitarave (ablative definite plural)

From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).


orkestër

A modern borrowing, from English orchestra.


harpë

harpa (plural)
harpa (definite)
harpë (indefinite nominative singular)
harpa (definite nominative singular)
harpa (indefinite nominative plural)
harpat (definite nominative plural)
harpë (accusative indefinite singular)
harpën (accusative definite singular)
harpa (accusative indefinite plural)
harpat (accusative definite plural)
harpe (dative indefinite singular)
harpës (dative definite singular)
harpave (dative indefinite plural)
harpave (dative definite plural)
harpe (ablative indefinite singular)
harpës (ablative definite singular)
harpash (ablative indefinite plural)
harpave (ablative definite plural)


pjatë

pjata (plural)
pjata (definite)
pjatë (indefinite nominative singular)
pjata (definite nominative singular)
pjata (indefinite nominative plural)
pjatat (definite nominative plural)
pjatë (accusative indefinite singular)
pjatën (accusative definite singular)
pjata (accusative indefinite plural)
pjatat (accusative definite plural)
pjate (dative indefinite singular)
pjatës (dative definite singular)
pjatave (dative indefinite plural)
pjatave (dative definite plural)
pjate (ablative indefinite singular)
pjatës (ablative definite singular)
pjatash (ablative indefinite plural)
pjatave (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian piatto or Venetan piato. Compare Greek πιάτο (piáto).


violinë

violinë f (plural violina, definite violina)

violina (plural)
violina (definite)
violinë (indefinite nominative singular)
violina (definite nominative singular)
violina (indefinite nominative plural)
violinat (definite nominative plural)
violinë (accusative indefinite singular)
violinën (accusative definite singular)
violina (accusative indefinite plural)
violinat (accusative definite plural)
violine (dative indefinite singular)
violinës (dative definite singular)
violinave (dative indefinite plural)
violinave (dative definite plural)
violine (ablative indefinite singular)
violinës (ablative definite singular)
violinash (ablative indefinite plural)
violinave (ablative definite plural)


ninananë

ninanánë f (plural ninanána, definite ninanána, definite plural ninanánat)

ninanánë (canonical feminine)
ninanána (plural)
ninanána (definite)
ninanánat (definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian ninnananna (“lullaby”).

bor+

(music) berceuse (musical composition resembling a lullaby)


lahutë

Compare Greek λαούτο (laoúto), Romanian lăută, Aromanian lãutã, Macedonian лаута (lauta), Bulgarian лау́та (laúta), Venetan lauto, Ottoman Turkish لاؤطه (laʼuta), English lute.


fugë

Internationalism, compare Italian fuga, French fugue, German Fuge.