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**'''-i''' for originally masculine last names | **'''-i''' for originally masculine last names | ||
**except for those previously '''ending in k, g, h or i, which have -u added''' | **except for those previously '''ending in k, g, h or i, which have -u added''' | ||
*'''-a/-ja''' for feminine names. | **'''-a/-ja''' for feminine names. | ||
*Many last names were '''originally surnames''', many of these being either Muslim (Ahmeti, Rexhepi, etc.), Bektashi (Bektashi itself as a surname, Dervishi, Shehu, etc.) or Christian (Kristo(ja), Evangjeli, etc.) | *Many last names were '''originally surnames''', many of these being either Muslim (Ahmeti, Rexhepi, etc.), Bektashi (Bektashi itself as a surname, Dervishi, Shehu, etc.) or Christian (Kristo(ja), Evangjeli, etc.) | ||
*A large number are neither and are simply from '''old Albanian secular names''' (Zogolli, Dushku, Shkoza etc.). | *A large number are neither and are simply from '''old Albanian secular names''' (Zogolli, Dushku, Shkoza etc.). | ||