Regjistër

Regjistër is an Albanian term that generally means registry or register. It denotes a systematic collection of records stored and maintained by an organization or government. The word can refer to both the place where records are kept and the act of recording information.

In public administration, regjistër is used for various official registries that organize vital or legal information. Common examples include civil registries (births, marriages, deaths), population or citizen registries, land or property registries, and company or business registries. These registries support governance, planning, taxation, and the enforcement of laws by providing authoritative lists of individuals, properties, or entities.

In computing and information technology, the term is also used to translate the English word “register.” Here it refers to a small, high-speed storage location inside a computer’s processor used to hold a value, instruction, or status flag during operation. The Albanian usage parallels the concept of a register in hardware or low-level software contexts, though the terminology may be elaborated with qualifiers such as “regjistër i procesorit” for processor register or “regjistër i të dhënave” for data register.

Etymology and usage notes: regjistër is borrowed into Albanian from related European terms for registry or register and is employed across administrative, legal, and technical domains. Related forms include regjistrim (registration) and regjistrues (registrar). The term is versatile and commonly understood in official and everyday contexts.