gajtan

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡajˈtan/
• Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غیطان (gaytan).

Alternative forms

• galtan — Gheg
• haltan — Calabria

Noun

gajtan m (plural gajtanë)

1. Decorative cord or ribbon made of silk, wool or cotton used for trimming and hemming.

   Hypernyms: shirit; gjalmë

2. Thick and twisted thread of gold, silver or silk, with which Albanian traditional clothing is embroidered or decorated.

   Hypernym: fill

Derived terms

• krisogajtan

 

Adjective

gajtan

1. (poetic) thin and straight (of eyebrows)

   vetull gajtan ― thin and straight eyebrow

References

• “gajtán,~i i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 531a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gajtan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 166
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gajtan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 121b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “gaitán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 117

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gajtan m (plural gajtanë)

1. ox or goat with brown hair

   Hypernyms: ka; cjap

2. black ox with reddish stripes

References

• “gajtán,~i ii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 531a

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غیطان (gaytan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎjtan/
• Hyphenation: gaj‧tan

Noun

gàjtan m (Cyrillic spelling га̀јтан)

1. Twisted or braided ribbon used for hemming, decoration or tying.

   Synonym: vr̀pca

2. cable (electric)

   Synonym: kábel

Declension

Declension of gajtan

	singular	plural
nominative	gajtan	gajtani
genitive	gajtana	gajtana
dative	gajtanu	gajtanima
accusative	gajtan	gajtane
vocative	gajtane	gajtani
locative	gajtanu	gajtanima
instrumental	gajtanom	gajtanima

Derived terms

• gajtàndžija

 

References

• “gajtan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024