Arnaut
/ˈɑɹˌnaʊt/noun
Arnaut is spelled A-R-N-A-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Arnaut means “An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, especially an Albanian serving in the Turkish army” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Arnaut is Arnauts.
How many letters and syllables are in Arnaut?
| Letters | 6: A-R-N-A-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Arnaut?
Arnaut appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Arnaut?
- US /ˈɑɹˌnaʊt/
Arnaut has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Arnaut
- Arnauts plural
- Arnaout
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Arnaut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, especially an Albanian serving in the Turkish army.
- 2
A Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian or Serbian soldier, recruited to serve as body-guard to officials in the 18th-19th c. Wallachia and Moldavia. Greek militia units formed in Crimea, 1769.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arnaut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Albanian, especially one serving in the Ottoman army:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | arnauta, Arnauto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Arnaut come from?
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).