kaj

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Armenian քաջ (kʻaǰ), քաջք (kʻaǰkʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɑːd͡ʒ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɑːdʒ

Noun[edit]

kaj (plural kaj)

  1. (Armenian mythology) A spirit of storm and wind; can be both ugly and beautiful
    • 2006, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3, pt.1: Iran, Armenia and Georgia, page 611
      There existed destructive female demons called parik, whose husbands were known as kaj.

Translations[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adverb[edit]

kaj

  1. (dialectal, Moravia, Silesia) where (position or direction)
    Synonyms: kde, kam

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

kaj

  1. second-person singular imperative of kát

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

  1. pier, dock

Declension[edit]

Declension of kaj
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kaj kajen kajer kajerne
genitive kajs kajens kajers kajernes

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

kaj

  1. and (additionally)
    Mi volas picon kaj refreŝigaĵon.
    I want a pizza and a soft drink.

Usage notes[edit]

  • If there are more than two co-functioning elements, kaj is normally inserted between the penultimate and the last. But, for particular emphasis, it is repeated before each element:
Kaj mia fratino kaj mia amiko loĝas eksterlande.
Both my sister and my friend live abroad.
Mi amas kaj mian patrinon kaj patron.
I love both my mother and father.
  • When the same particle or adverb is repeated on each side of kaj, the word in question acquires a nuance of continuation or intensification:
La hundo bojis kaj bojis.
The dog was barking and barking.

K'iche'[edit]

Noun[edit]

kaj

  1. sky

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Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kaj (construct form kajin)

  1. idiom
  2. language
  3. motto
  4. pun
  5. saying
  6. slang
  7. slogan
  8. jargon
  9. lingo

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

kaj

  1. (Kraków, Częstochowa, Podhale) where
    Synonym: gdzie

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (kahiṃ),[1] [script needed] (kahĩ),[2] from Sanskrit कस्मिन् (kasmin), the locative singular of किम् (kim).[1][2]

Adverb[edit]

kaj

  1. where? (interrogative)[1][2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kaj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 132a
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael Beníšek (2020 August) “The Historical Origins of Romani”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 32-33
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “kaj”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 184a

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь; compare standard Serbo-Croatian kòjī (“which, what”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

kȁj (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ј)

  1. (Kajkavian) what (interrogative)
    Kaj si rekel? ― What did you say?
  2. (Kajkavian) what (relative)
    Nisem znal kaj si želel. ― I didn't know what you wanted.
  3. (Kajkavian) any, some
Declension[edit]
Declension of kaj
common, neuter
nominative gdo, kaj
genitive (k)teroga, česa
dative (k)terem, čemu
accusative (k)teroga, kaj
vocative —
locative (k)terom(u), čemu
instrumental (k)terem, čem
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

kaj (Cyrillic spelling кај)

  1. second-person singular imperative of kajati

Silesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: kaj

Pronoun[edit]

kaj

  1. (interrogative) where

Further reading[edit]

  • kaj in dykcjonorz.eu
  • kaj in silling.org

Slovene[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *jь appended to Proto-Slavic *ka, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

káj

  1. what (interrogative)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of kdó/káj (pronoun, irregular)
masc./fem. neuter
nominative kdó káj
accusative kóga káj
genitive kóga čésa
dative kómu čému
locative kóm čém
instrumental kóm čím

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

kȁj

  1. what

Pronoun[edit]

kȁj

  1. any, anything, something
    Se med vama kaj plete? ― Is there anything going on between you two?
Inflection[edit]
Declension of kdó/kàj (pronoun, irregular)
masc./fem. neuter
nominative kdó kàj
accusative kóga kàj
genitive kóga čésa
dative kómu čému
locative kóm čém
instrumental kóm čím
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Adverb[edit]

kȁj

  1. any, some
    Synonym: nekaj
    Imaš kaj denarja? ― Do you have any money?
    Kaj se bo že našlo. ― I guess I will find some.

Further reading[edit]

  • “kaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Sudovian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Baltic [Term?], further etymology unclear. Compare Lithuanian kója (“leg, foot”), Latvian kãja (“leg, foot”), but Old Prussian nage (“foot”).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

kaj

  1. (anatomy) leg, (possibly also) foot

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 74: “kaj ‘koja, l. noga’ 7.”
  2. ^ “kója” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. kaj Bein, Fuß”.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kaj c

  1. quay, wharf; also in generalised sense any structure to which a truck, train or ship unloads

Declension[edit]

Declension of kaj 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kaj kajen kajer kajerna
Genitive kajs kajens kajers kajernas

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *ɢʷaŋᴬ (“bright, light”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 黃 (MC hwang, “yellow”). Doublet of daj (“yellow”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kaj

  1. bright, characterized by light
  2. (figurative) used in kaj siab (“satisfied with things; with a refreshed spirit”)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 75.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 99; 166; 280.
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