hajn

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خائن (ha'in, hayın, “traitor, mischievous”), from Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin, “traitor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hajn/

Noun

hajn m (plural hajnë, definite hajni, definite plural hajnët) (regional, dialectal)

  1. robber, brigand, thief
    Synonyms: hajdut, vjedhës, grabitës, kusar
  2. (obsolete) apostate
  3. grassator, rebel

Declension
Declension of hajn
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative hajn hajnë hajni hajnët
accusative hajnin
dative hajni hajnëve hajnit hajnëvet
ablative hajnësh

Derived terms

References
  • “hajn”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “hajn”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 152
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “hain”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 43
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “hajn”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 182
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