gajtan

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡajˈtan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غیطان (gaytan).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

gajtan m (plural gajtanë)

  1. Decorative cord or ribbon made of silk, wool or cotton used for trimming and hemming.
    Hypernyms: shirit; gjalmë
  2. Thick and twisted thread of gold, silver or silk, with which Albanian traditional clothing is embroidered or decorated.
    Hypernym: fill
Derived terms

Adjective

gajtan

  1. (poetic) thin and straight (of eyebrows)
    vetull gajtanthin and straight eyebrow

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “gajtan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 166

Further reading

  • “gajtán,~i i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 531a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “gajtan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 121b
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “gaitán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 117

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gajtan m (plural gajtanë)

  1. ox or goat with brown hair
    Hypernyms: ka; cjap
  2. black ox with reddish stripes
Declension
Declension of gajtan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gajtan gajtani gajtanë gajtanët
accusative gajtanin
dative gajtani gajtanit gajtanëve gajtanëve
ablative gajtanësh

Further reading

  • “gajtán,~i ii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980, page 531a

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غیطان (gaytan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǎjtan/
  • Hyphenation: gaj‧tan

Noun

gàjtan m inan (Cyrillic spelling га̀јтан)

  1. Twisted or braided ribbon used for hemming, decoration or tying.
    Synonym: vr̀pca
  2. cable (electric)
    Synonym: kábel

Declension

Declension of gajtan
singular plural
nominative gajtan gajtani
genitive gajtana gajtana
dative gajtanu gajtanima
accusative gajtan gajtane
vocative gajtane gajtani
locative gajtanu gajtanima
instrumental gajtanom gajtanima

Derived terms

  • gajtàndžija

References

  • gajtan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026