kaj

See also: Kaj

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

kaj (plural kaj)

  1. (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.

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ajˀ

Noun

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

  1. pier, dock

Declension

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /kaj/
  • Hyphenation: kaj

Conjunction

kaj

  1. and
    kaj ... kaj
    both ... and

Abbreviations

  • &
  • k
  • (text messaging) K

Coordinate terms


Marshallese

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {kaj}
  • IPA(key): /katʲ/, [kɑ͡ætʲ]

Noun

kaj

  1. idiom
  2. language
  3. motto
  4. pun
  5. saying
  6. slang
  7. slogan
  8. jargon
  9. lingo

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Romani

Preposition

kaj

  1. at

Pronoun

kaj

  1. where

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ + *jь, the former from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkâj/

Pronoun

kȁj (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ј)

  1. (Kajkavian) what (interrogative)
    Kaj si rekel?
  2. (Kajkavian) what (relative)
  3. (Kajkavian) any

Declension

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Silesian

Pronoun

kaj

  1. where
    Synonym: kany

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈkàːj/
  • Tonal orthography: káj

Pronoun

káj

  1. what (interrogative)
Declension

Conjunction

kàj

  1. what

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈkáj/
  • Tonal orthography: kȁj

Pronoun

kàj

  1. any, anything, something
    Se med vama kaj plete?
    Is there anything going on between you two?
Declension
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Adverb

kàj

  1. any, some
    Imaš kaj denarja? - Kaj se bo že našlo.
    Do you have any money? - I guess I will find some.
Synonyms

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

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c

  1. 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
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