Danish

Alternative forms

• Kai

Proper noun

Kaj

1. A male given name.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 31 574 males with the given name Kaj (compared to 8 117 named Kai) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kaj

1. A male given name of Danish origin.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aj

Proper noun

Kaj

1. A male given name of Danish origin.

English

Alternative forms

• kajk

Noun

kaj ‎(plural kaj)

1. (Armenian mythology) A spirit of storm and wind; can be both ugly and beautiful
   • 2006, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3, pt.1: Iran, Armenia and Georgia, page 611

     There existed destructive female demons called parik, whose husbands were known as kaj.

Translations

See also

• kaji

Anagrams

• Jak

Danish

Noun

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

1. pier, dock

Declension

References

• “kaj” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί ‎(kaí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/
• Hyphenation: kaj

Conjunction

kaj

1. and

   kaj ... kaj

   both ... and

Abbreviations

• &
• k
• (text messaging) K

Coordinate terms

• aŭ

Lojban

Rafsi

kaj

1. rafsi of kanji.

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• MED phonemes: {kaj}
• IPA phonemes: /katʲ/
• IPA articulation: [kɑ͡ætʲ]

Noun

kaj

1. idiom
2. language
3. motto
4. pun
5. saying
6. slang
7. slogan
8. jargon
9. lingo

References

• Marshallese-English Online Dictionary

Romani

Preposition

kaj

1. at

Pronoun

kaj

1. where

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ + *jь, the former from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkâj/

Pronoun

kȁj

1. (Kajkavian) what (interrogative)

   Kaj si rekel?

2. (Kajkavian) what (relative)
3. (Kajkavian) any

Declension

Synonyms

• što (Shtokavian)
• ča (Chakavian)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jь appended to Proto-Slavic *ka, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈkàːj/
• Tonal orthography: káj

Pronoun

káj

1. what (interrogative)

Declension

Conjunction

kàj

1. what

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈkáj/
• Tonal orthography: kȁj

Pronoun

kàj

1. any, anything, something

   Se med vama kaj plete?

   Is there anything going on between you two?

Declension

See also

• nékaj

Adverb

kàj

1. any, some

   Imaš kaj denarja? - Kaj se bo že našlo.

   Do you have any money? - I guess I will find some.

Synonyms

• (some) nekaj

Swedish

Etymology

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum ‎(“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom ‎(“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae ‎(“hedge”)).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c

1. quay, wharf; also in generalised sense any structure to which a truck, train or ship unloads

Declension

Derived terms

• lastkaj