quaj

• quej (Gheg)
• kluanj (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika)

From Old Albanian kluoj (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *klāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlows-, from *ḱlew-. Compare English listen, Proto-Slavic *slušati (“to listen”), Ancient Greek κλύω (klúō, “to hear, listen to”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): /cuːj/, /c͡ɕuːj/
• (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic) IPA^(key): /kʎuːɲ/, /kluːɲ/

• (active) quaj (first-person singular past tense quajta, participle quajtur)

1. (active, transitive) I call, name

   Synonym: thërras

2. (active, transitive, figurative) I have/make an opinion (on something or someone); I value (something or someone)

   Synonym: vlerësoj

3. (active, transitive, figurative) I carry (a name) for (something or someone)

   Synonym: mbaj

4. (active, transitive, figurative) I declare (something)

   Synonym: shpall

• (passive) qúhem (first-person singular past tense u qúajta, participle qúajtur)

1. (passive, reflexive) I am called (named); my name is

   Synonyms: thirrem, thërritem

• quhem
• quajtur
• quajtje
• shquaj
• shquhem
• shquar
• shquarsi
• shquarje
• shques
• pashquar
• pashquarsi

• qaj