kaj

See also: Kaj

English

Alternative forms

• kajk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒ

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.

Translations

spirit of Armenian mythology

• Armenian: քաջք (hy) (kʿaǰkʿ)
• Old Armenian: քաջ (kʿaǰ)

• Russian: кадж m (kadž)

See also

• kaji

Anagrams

• AJK, Jak, jak

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaj]

Etymology 1

Adverb

kaj

1. (dialectal, Moravia, Silesia) where (position or direction)

Synonyms

• kde, kam

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaj

1. second-person singular imperative of kát

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ajˀ
• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

1. pier, dock

Declension

Declension of kaj

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kaj	kajen	kajer	kajerne
genitive	kajs	kajens	kajers	kajernes

References

• “kaj” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [kaj]
• Hyphenation: kaj

Conjunction

kaj

1. and

   kaj ... kaj

   both ... and

Synonyms

• &
• k
• (text messaging) K

Coordinate terms

• aŭ

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K'iche'

Noun

kaj

1. sky

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

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Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kætʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kaj}

Noun

kaj (construct form kajin)

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

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Romani

Preposition

kaj

1. at

Pronoun

kaj

1. (interrogative) where

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь; compare standard Serbo-Croatian kòjī ("which, what").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkâj/

Pronoun

kȁj (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ј)

1. (Kajkavian) what (interrogative)

   Kaj si rekel? ― What did you say?

2. (Kajkavian) what (relative)

   Nisam znal kaj si želil. ― I didn't know what you wanted.

3. (Kajkavian) any

Declension

Declension of kaj

	common, neuter
nominative	gdo, kaj
genitive	(k)teroga, česa
dative	(k)terem, čemu
accusative	(k)teroga, kaj
vocative	—
locative	(k)terom(u), čemu
instrumental	(k)terem, čem

Synonyms

• koje (Torlakian)
• što (Shtokavian)
• ča (Chakavian)

Etymology 2

Verb

kaj (Cyrillic spelling кај)

1. second-person singular imperative of kajati

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Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaj]

Pronoun

kaj

1. where

   Synonym: kany

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /kàːj/

Pronoun

káj

1. what (interrogative)

Inflection

Declension of kdó/káj (pronoun, irregular)

	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	kdó	káj
accusative	kóga	káj
genitive	kóga	čésa
dative	kómu	čému
locative	kóm	čém
instrumental	kóm	čím

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /káj/

Conjunction

kȁj

1. what

Pronoun

kȁj

1. any, anything, something

   Se med vama kaj plete? ― Is there anything going on between you two?

Inflection

Declension of kdó/kàj (pronoun, irregular)

	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	kdó	kàj
accusative	kóga	kàj
genitive	kóga	čésa
dative	kómu	čému
locative	kóm	čém
instrumental	kóm	čím

See also

• nékaj

Adverb

kȁj

1. any, some

   Imaš kaj denarja? ― Do you have any money?

   Kaj se bo že našlo. ― I guess I will find some.

Synonyms

• (some) nekaj

Further reading

• “kaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?], further etymology unclear. Compare Lithuanian kója (“leg, foot”), Latvian kãja (“leg, foot”), but Old Prussian nage (“foot”).

Noun

kaj

1. (anatomy) leg, (possibly also) foot
   • “Pogańske gwary z Narewu” line 7, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     noga — kaj

     leg

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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

• audio

  (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

Anagrams

• jak