dajë

See also: daje and daję

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • dazhë, daxhë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دایی (dayı).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [ˈdajə]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [ˈdædʒ], [ˈdæʒ]

Noun

dajë m (plural daja, definite daja, definite plural dajat)

  1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)

Declension

Declension of dajë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dajë daja daja dajat
accusative dajën
dative daje dajës dajave dajave
ablative dajash

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dajë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 120

Further reading

  • “dajë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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