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(Gheg) šḱĭp, šḱip^[1]
(Gheg) shqyp, sccyp ^[2]

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]

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

shqip (feminine shqipe)^[6]

Albanian
gjuha shqipe ― the Albanian language

Translingual: sq

shqip^[7]

in the Albanian language
clear, understandable, comprehensive, unequivocally
Synonyms: qartë, kuptueshëm

Ia tha shkurt e shqip. ― He said it short and clear.

shqipe f (“albanian”), shqipe f (“eagle”)
shqipëllim m (“explainig”)
shqipëlloj (“I explain”) (active voice)
shqipëlluar (“explained”, participle)
Shqipëri f (“Albania”)
shqipërim m (“translating”)
shqipëroj (“I translate”) (active voice)
shqipëruar (“translated”, participle)
shqipoj (“I say clear”) (active voice)
shqiponjë f (“eagle”)
shqiptar m (“albanian”), shqiptare f (“id”), Skipetár m (“id”)^[8]^[9] (Arvanitic)
shqiptim m (“pronunciation”)
shqiptohem (“I express myself”) (passive voice)
shqiptoj (“I pronounce”) (active voice)
shqiptuar (“pronounced”, participle)
shqipuar (“clearly said”, participle)

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

[4] adjective shqip (shqipe (f.)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
[5] adverb shqip • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
[6] shqip • "Fjalë - Fjalor Shqip" ('Word - Albanian Dictionary')
[7] shqip • "Shkenca" ('Science')
[8] shqip • "Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme Shqipe - Shkenca" ('Dictionary of today's Albanian language - Science')