xhaxha

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒadʒa/, [dʒadʒa]

Noun

xhaxha m (plural xhaxhallarë, definite xhaxhai, definite plural xhaxhallarët)

  1. paternal uncle (father's brother)

Declension

Declension of xhaxha
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative xhaxha xhaxhai xhaxhallarë xhaxhallarët
accusative xhaxhanë
dative xhaxhai xhaxhait xhaxhallarëve xhaxhallarëve
ablative xhaxhallarësh

See also

Further reading

  • “xhaxha”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “xhaxha”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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