kaj

Alternative forms

• kajk

Etymology

From Armenian քաջ (kʿaǰ), քաջք (kʿaǰkʿ).

Pronunciation

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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

Noun

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

1. pier, dock

Declension

References

• “kaj” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kai̯/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: kaj

Conjunction

kaj

1. and

   kaj ... kaj

   both ... and

Abbreviations

• &
• k
• (text messaging) K

Coordinate terms

• aŭ

Rafsi

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1. Rafsi of kanji.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [k]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /k/
• Bender phonemes: {k}

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

Preposition

kaj

1. at

Pronoun

kaj

1. where

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkâj/

Pronoun

kȁj (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ј)

1. (Kajkavian) what (interrogative)

   Kaj si rekel?

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

Declension

Synonyms

• što (Shtokavian)
• ča (Chakavian)

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkàːj/
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Pronoun

káj

1. what (interrogative)

Declension

Conjunction

kàj

1. what

Pronunciation 2

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkáj/
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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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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