laj

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *lau-, or *launja,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (to wash). Cognate to Latin lavō, Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), with the same meaning.[2] Related to lag.

Alternative forms

Verb

laj (first-person singular past tense lava, participle larë)

  1. to wash
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From older and dialectal lanj, from Proto-Albanian *launja, from Proto-Indo-European *leuh₃- ‘release’ (compare English lose, Latin luere ‘to release from debt’, Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) ‘to untie, set free; dissolve’).

Alternative forms

  • lanj (South Tosk, Arbëreshë, Arvanitic)

Verb

laj (first-person singular past tense lava, participle larë)

  1. to pay off a debt, pay up
  2. to redeem, clear, acquit

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), laj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 210
  2. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), p.230

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Noun

laj

  1. son
  2. boy
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