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çaj

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay).

Noun

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çaj m

  1. tea

Etymology 2

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From older variant çanj, from Proto-Albanian *štšenja, from Proto-Indo-European *sked-n-ie/o, from *sked- (to cut, hack) (compare Ancient Greek σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi), Avestan 𐬯𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (scindaiieiti)).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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çaj (aorist çava, participle çarë)

  1. to split, cleave
  2. to smash, batter
  3. to chop (to bits), hack
Inflection
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