xham

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جام (cam), from Classical Persian جام (jām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒam/

Noun

xham m (plural xhama / xhame, definite xhami, definite plural xhamat / xhamet)

1. glass (material)

Declension

Declension of xham

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	xham	xhami	xhama	xhamat
accusative		xhamin
dative	xhami	xhamit	xhamave	xhamave
ablative			xhamash

or

Declension of xham

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	xham	xhami	xhame	xhamet
accusative		xhamin
dative	xhami	xhamit	xhameve	xhameve
ablative			xhamesh

Synonyms

• qelq

Further reading

• “xham”, 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), “xham”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary