hajn

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hain (“grassator, rebel”)
• hajin
• ajn
• ajin

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

• hajneshë
• hajni
• hajnisht
• hajnoj

 

References

• “hajn”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (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