quaj
Albanian
Alternative forms
- quej (Gheg), kluanj (Cham, Arbëreshë, Arvanitic)
Etymology
From Old Albanian kluoj (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *klāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlous- ‘to hear’ (compare English listen, Lithuanian kláusti ‘to ask’, Serbo-Croatian slȕšati).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /c͡çuaj/
Verb
quaj (first-person singular past tense quajta, participle quajtur)
- to call, name
Derived terms
- shquaj
Related terms
- qaj
- dëgjoj