maj

Alternative forms

• mâj (Gheg)
• mah (dialectal)

Etymology 1

From dialectal manj, from Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *mh₂sd- (compare English mast (“nuts (pig feed)”), Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”)), from *meh₂d-;^[1] alternatively from *mh₂dnyeti,^[2] directly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (compare Latin madere (“to be wet”), Sanskrit मेदन (médana, “fattening”)).

Etymology 2

From Latin Māius.

Noun

maj (transliteration needed)

1. nose

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/, [mɑj]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ

Noun

maj c

1. May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/

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Noun

maj m inan

1. The month May

Further reading

• maj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâj/

Noun

mȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)

1. May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmàːj/
• Tonal orthography: máj

Noun

máj m inan (genitive mája, nominative plural máji)

1. May

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/

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• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

maj c

1. May (month)

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

Noun

maj

1. water

References

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind