një

• nja, njo, nji, ni, i — Gheg dialects
• nji, nje — Tosk dialects

Disputed:

• From Old Albanian nja, from Proto-Albanian *ainja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.^[1]

• From Old Albanian nja, from Proto-Albanian *ni̯á-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *mi̯á-, from Proto-Indo-European *smii̯o- (“a, an”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(e)mih₂ or Proto-Indo-European *smii̯ah₂. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). According to Neri, the etymology connecting një to *h₁óynos is problematic, as it assumes an unknown pronomial element at the initial sound and also does not explain the stem *ni̯á- without a final nasal.^[2]

• (Tosk dialects) IPA^(key): [ɲə], [ɲi], [ɲɜ]
• (Gheg dialects) IPA^(key): [ɲa], [ɲo], [ɲi], [ni], [i]

një

1. one

një

1. the indefinite article; a, an

   Dua një gotë ujë.

   I want a glass of water.