Dictionaries › Albanian

qaj

Pronunciation: [caj]

“qaj” is an Albanian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to cry, weep, shed tears
  2. (it/they) drip(s) (liquids/water from a window, ground/soil, etc.) (third person sg/pl)
  3. (it/they) squeak(s), squeal(s), crack(s) (associated with the noise of a door, window, wheel) (third person sg/pl)
  4. (it/they) need(s), miss(es); (it/they) lack(s) (someone or something), cry(cries) for (someone/something) (third person sg/pl)
  5. to mourn, cry over (because of a loss or death of someone); to cry over (something (such as past time, money))
  6. to do (it) perfectly, master (something specific); to have a talent (for a specific profession/work; playing an instrument)

Etymology

From variant qanj, from older klanj, from Proto-Albanian *klaunja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (compare English loud, Czech slout (“to be called, have a reputation”), Greek κλαίω (klaío, “to weep, sob”)).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “qaj” there

More Albanian words

About this dictionary

The Albanian dictionary on Glottosphere has 10,190 entries with a page. Browse the Albanian dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.