kaj

See also: Kaj

English

Alternative forms

kajk

Etymology

From Armenian քաջ (kʿaǰ), քաջք (kʿaǰkʿ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kaj (plural kaj)

(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

spirit of Armenian mythology

Armenian: քաջք (hy) (kʿaǰkʿ)
Old Armenian: քաջ (kʿaǰ)
Russian: кадж m (kadž)

Anagrams

AJK, Jak, jak

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkaj]

Adverb

kaj

(dialectal, Moravia, Silesia) where (position or direction)

Synonyms

kde, kam

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaj

second-person singular imperative of kát

Danish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ajˀ
Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

pier, dock

Declension

Declension of kaj

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

References

“kaj” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaj]
Audio:
(file)
Hyphenation: kaj

Conjunction

kaj

and
La oldulo kaj la maro ― The old man and the sea
kaj … kaj ― both … and
Antonym: nek

Synonyms

&
k
(text messaging) K

Coordinate terms

aŭ

K'iche'

Noun

kaj

sky

References

Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Marshallese

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑtʲ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /kætʲ/
Bender phonemes: {kaj}

Noun

kaj (construct form kajin)

idiom
language
motto
pun
saying
slang
slogan
jargon
lingo

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaj/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aj
Syllabification: kaj

Pronoun

kaj

(Kraków, Częstochowa, Upper Silesia, Podhale)where
Synonym: gdzie

Romani

Etymology

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

Adverb

kaj

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

References

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
Michael Beníšek (August 2020), “The Historical Origins of Romani”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 32-33
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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 184a

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkâj/

Pronoun

kȁj (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ј)

(Kajkavian) what (interrogative)
Kaj si rekel? ― What did you say?
(Kajkavian) what (relative)
Nisam znal kaj si želil. ― I didn't know what you wanted.
(Kajkavian) any, some

Declension

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

koje (Torlakian)
što (Shtokavian)
ča (Chakavian)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaj (Cyrillic spelling кај)

second-person singular imperative of kajati

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kàːj/

Pronoun

káj

what (interrogative)

Inflection

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /káj/

Conjunction

kȁj

what

Pronoun

kȁj

any, anything, something
Se med vama kaj plete? ― Is there anything going on between you two?

Inflection

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

Adverb

kȁj

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

Sudovian

Etymology

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

Noun

kaj

(anatomy) leg, (possibly also) foot
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 7, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  noga — kaj
  noga — leg

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

audio (file)
Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

lastkaj

Anagrams

jak

[bi-1] 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

[be-2] Michael Beníšek (August 2020), “The Historical Origins of Romani”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 184a

[4] Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 74: “kaj ‘koja, l. noga’ 7.”

[5] “kója” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. kaj Bein, Fuß”.

kaj

English

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Czech

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Verb

Danish

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Esperanto

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K'iche'

Noun

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Marshallese

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Polish

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Romani

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Verb

Slovene

Etymology 1

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Adverb

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Sudovian

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Swedish

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