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

Related terms

• axhë
• dajë
• hallë
• teze

See also

• dajë

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]