huaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ksōn(w)ja. Akin to Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign”), which according to Beekes is Pre-Greek,[1] although the existence of an Avestan cognate (Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬀𐬎 (xšnau)) questions this.

Noun

huaj m (plural huaj, definite huaji, definite plural huajt)

  1. foreigner
  2. alien

Declension
Declension of huaj
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative huaj huaj huaji huajt
accusative huajin
dative huaji huajve huajit huajvet
ablative huajsh

Adjective

i huaj (feminine plural të huaja)

  1. foreign, alien
  2. (nominalised) foreign country, abroad
    • 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, pages 14, 16, lines 27–29:
      caa i gói / aghiena ndyr t'imme motὺra / chiɔi' arryyn […]
      [ka i goj / ahjena ndër time të motëra / kishi arrën […]]
      I had not long before returned to my sisters from foreign land

Verb

huaj

  1. past of hua

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ξένος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1034
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