çaj

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See also: čaj

Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay)

Noun

çaj m

  1. tea

Etymology 2

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

Verb

çaj (aorist çava, participle çarë)

  1. to split, cleave
  2. to smash, batter
  3. to chop (to bits), hack

Inflection

Derived terms