hajn

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hain (“grassator, rebel”)
• hajin
• ajn
• ajin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خائن (ha'in, hayın, “traitor, mischievous”), from Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin, “traitor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hajn/

Noun

hajn m (plural hajnë, definite hajni, definite plural hajnët) (regional, dialectal)

1. robber, brigand, thief

   Synonyms: hajdut, vjedhës, grabitës, kusar

2. (obsolete) apostate
3. grassator, rebel

Declension

Declension of hajn

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hajn	hajni	hajnë	hajnët
accusative		hajnin
dative	hajni	hajnit	hajnëve	hajnëve
ablative			hajnësh

Derived terms

• hajneshë
• hajni
• hajnisht
• hajnoj

 

References

• “hajn”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “hajn”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 152
• Jungg, G. (1895) “hain”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 43
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “hajn”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 182