ćhaj

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See also: chaj, čhaj, and chäj

Romani

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ćhavo +‎ -i (“feminine ending”).[1]

Noun

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ćhaj f anim (accusative ćhaja, nominative plural ćhaja, accusative plural ćhajen)

  1. (International Standard) female equivalent of ćhavo:
    1. Romani girl[1][2][3]
      Synonyms: (Romani boy) ćhavo, (Romani man) rrom, (Romani woman) rromni
      Antonyms: (gadje girl) rakli, (gadje boy) raklo, (gadje man) gaʒo, (gadje woman) gaʒi
    2. daughter[1][2][3]
      Antonym: ćhavo

Descendants

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  • Angloromani: chai
  • Caló: chai
  • Tavringer Romani: tjej
  • → English: chai
  • → German: Chaya
  • → Hungarian: csaj

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “čhaj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 55a
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i ćhaj¹, -a ʒ. -a, -en = i ćh/aj¹, -ia ʒ. -ia, -ien”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 114b
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ćhaj”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22
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