hajnjeri

Albanian

Etymology

From ha (“eat”) +‎ -j (“first person singular verb suffix”) +‎ njeri (“man, human”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hajɲeˈɾi/

Noun

hajnjeri m (definite hajnjeriu) (mythology)

1. cyclops; a mythological one-eyed man with a big body

   Synonym: ciklop

References

• “hajnjeri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980