Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃaj]

Noun

çaj m

1. tea

Etymology 2

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 scindayeiti).

Alternative forms

• çanj, shaj (North Gheg)

Verb

çaj ‎(first-person singular past tense çava, participle çarë)

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

Derived terms

• çarë
• çazë

Related terms

• shaj