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çaj

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See also: čaj and caj

Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay).

Noun

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çaj m (plural çajra, definite çaji, definite plural çajrat)

  1. tea
  2. reception for tea and desserts
  3. (uncountable) the tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
  4. dried leaves, buds, or other parts of various plants or trees used to prepare tea
Declension
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Declension of çaj
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çaj çaji çajra çajrat
accusative çajin
dative çaji çajit çajrave çajrave
ablative çajrash
Hyponyms
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Etymology 2

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From older variant çanj, from Proto-Albanian *štšenja, from Proto-Indo-European *sked-n-ie/o, from *sked- (to cut, hack) (compare Ancient Greek σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi), Avestan 𐬯𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (scindaiieiti)).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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çaj (aorist çava, participle çarë)

  1. to split, cleave
    Synonyms: cakis, pres
  2. to cut into flesh with a sharp object
    çau dorënhe cut his hand
  3. to slaughter, to depredate, to slay using teeth
  4. to cut through, to cut across
    çanë rrethiminthey cut through the encirclement
  5. (colloquial, figurative) to disunite, to divide
    Synonym: përçaj
  6. to cause a sharp pain (third-person)
    Synonyms: ther, dhemb
  7. (figurative) to be strongly effective, skilled in a certain topic or task
    çan në matematikëis very good at math
  8. (figurative) to celebrate or make a statement with pomposity
  9. to stab someone with a knife, to cause death by stabbing
  10. (figurative) to densely or fully occupy a place, to swarm
    çanin mushkonjatwas full of mosquitos
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • çaj”, in FGJSH: 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, Leonard (1999), “çaj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press