çaj

See also: čaj

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaj/

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

  • çanj, shaj North Gheg

Verb

çaj (aorist çava, participle çarë)

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