Rezervë

Rezervë is a noun in Albanian meaning a stock or reserve kept for future use. It denotes a quantity of goods, money, or natural resources that is set aside to cover future needs, emergencies, or planned activities. In practice it is used in economics and public policy to refer to reserve assets such as rezerva valutore (foreign exchange reserves) and rezerva monetare (monetary reserves), as well as to strategic reserves (rezerva strategike). In domestic contexts, rezervë may describe a material stock kept in storage, for example rezerva ushqimore (food reserve) or rezerva energjetike (energy reserve). The term can also appear in discussions of national security or disaster preparedness when describing safeguard stocks.

In the context of personal arrangements, the act of setting aside capacity or resources is usually expressed with rezervim (a reservation) or with the verb rezervoj/rezervo, rather than with the noun rezervë alone.

Etymology traces rezervë to Romance languages, likely from French réserve or Italian riserva, through Albanian historical borrowing. The word has been part of formal and administrative vocabulary as economies and state planning developed its use in the 19th and 20th centuries. The sense of a reserve as a safeguarded asset contrasts with the related concept of a reservation for a specific time or service, which in Albanian is typically conveyed by rezervim or rezervoj.

Related terms include rezerva valutore, rezerva monetare, and rezervim, as well as the broader concept of a reserve in economic, strategic, and emergency planning contexts.