English

Alternative forms

• vadge

Noun

vaj ‎(plural vajes)

1. (slang, rare) The ****.
   • See Citations:vaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Arbëresh Albanian) vahj
• (Çamëria dialect) valë

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin oleum. However, Latin oliva gave rise to Albanian ulli which can also mean that the term vaj didn't derive from Latin but rather it might have evolved from Old Albanian *vaīlë (compare the dialectal forms) and earlier *ewaila becoming cognate with Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα ‎(*elaíwa) and Old Armenian եւղ ‎(ewł, “oil”) both, in turn, deriving from a Mediterranean substrate language.

Noun

vaj m (indefinite plural vajra, definite singular vaji, definite plural vajrat)

1. oil

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *uai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai, *uai ‎(“woe!, alas!”); similar words are found in several European languages. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀά ‎(oá, “woe!, alas!”) and Old Armenian վայ ‎(vay, “cry of pain”), Latin vae, English woe. Compare also Romanian vai, Serbo-Croatian авај ‎(avaj), Italian guai. In view of a widespread secondary meaning 'to cry', one may also consider Proto-Albanian *vabja, connected with Old Church Slavonic вабимо ‎(vabimo, “being lured”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(wōpjan, “call out”), Old English wēpan ‎(“weep, cry”).

Interjection

vaj

1. woe!, alas!

Related terms

• vajtoj

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *woje. Cognate with Finnish voi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒj]

Noun

vaj ‎(plural vajak)

1. butter

Declension

Derived terms

• vajaz

(Compound words):

• kakaóvaj
• mogyoróvaj

(Expressions):

• tejben-vajban füröszt

Lojban

Rafsi

vaj

1. rafsi of vajni.

Romani

Conjunction

vaj

1. or

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /βäh/

Noun

vaj

1. tortilla

Derived terms

• kaxlan vaj

References

• “vah(3)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.