Borrowed fromLate Latinarma(“weapon”). A later loan fromItalianarma(“weapon”) is also plausible.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key):/aːɾm/

armë f (pluralarmë,definitearma,definite pluralarmët)

1. weapon
   • 1555,Gjon Buzuku,Meshari:

     I shpie udhësë gjithëarmëtë e tī.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

2. gun

   Synonym:pistoletë

3. combatarms
4. (figurative)tool

   Synonym:mjet

5. army

• “armë”, inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1],1980
• Newmark,L. (1999) “armë”, inOxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]