gajtan

• IPA^(key): /ɡajˈtan/
• Rhymes: -an

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غیطان (gaytan).

• galtan — Gheg
• haltan — Calabria

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

gajtan

1. (poetic) thin and straight (of eyebrows)

   vetull gajtan ― thin and straight eyebrow

• “gajtán,~i i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 531a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gajtan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 166
• 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

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gajtan m (plural gajtanë)

1. ox or goat with brown hair

   Hypernyms: ka; cjap

2. black ox with reddish stripes

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

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غیطان (gaytan).

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

gàjtan m (Cyrillic spelling га̀јтан)

1. Twisted or braided ribbon used for hemming, decoration or tying.

   Synonym: vr̀pca

2. cable (electric)

   Synonym: kábel

• “gajtan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024