# maj
## English
### Noun

maj (uncountable)
* Alternative form of maj.

### Anagrams

* JAM, JMA, Jam., jam

## Albanian
### Etymology 1

From Latin Maius. Compare Aromanian maiu, Romanian mai, Greek Μάιος (Máios).

#### Noun

maj m (definite maji)
* May

##### See also

* janar
* shkurt
* mars
* prill
* maj
* qershor
* korrik
* gusht
* shtator
* tetor
* nëntor
* dhjetor

#### References

* ↑ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 213
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, a deverbative based on Proto-Indo-European *mazd- (“feeding”), whence also German mästen (“to fatten”), Sanskrit मेदस् (médas, “fat, flesh”).

#### Alternative forms

* mâj — Gheg

#### Verb

maj (aorist majta, participle majtur)
* to feed
* to fatten

##### Derived terms

* majmë

#### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj ~ mâj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

### Etymology 3

From Latin malleus. Compare Romanian mai, Italian maglio.

#### Noun

maj m (plural maji, definite maja, definite plural majat)
* hammer

##### Derived terms

* majëtor
* majth

#### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

#### Further reading

* Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 53: “malleus — mai”

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

maj needs inflection
* Gheg form of mbaj (“to hold”)

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maj/, [mɑj]
* Rhymes: -ajˀ, -aj

### Noun

maj c
* May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januar
* februar
* marts
* april
* maj
* juni
* juli
* august
* september
* oktober
* november
* december

## French
### Noun

maj m (uncountable)
* Alternative form of maj.

## Karaim
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

### Noun

maj
* fat, butter, oil

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “maj”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

## Mokilese
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mata (“eye”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (“eye, center, most important part”), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye, center, most important part”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmac/

### Noun

maj
* eye
* face
* spearhead

#### Derived terms

* majkilahs

### External links

* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *maCa

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Maius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: maj
* Homophone: Maj

### Noun

maj m inan (related adjective majowy)
* May (month)

#### Derived terms

* majówka
* maić impf

#### See also

* styczeń
* luty
* marzec
* kwiecień
* maj
* czerwiec
* lipiec
* sierpień
* wrzesień
* październik
* listopad
* grudzień

### Further reading

* maj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* maj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâj/

### Noun

mȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)
* May
    Synonym: (Croatia) svȋbanj

#### Coordinate terms

* jȁnuār
* fȅbruār
* mȁrt
* àprīl
* mȁj
* jȗni ~ jȗn
* jȗli ~ jȗl
* àvgust (Serbia) ~ àugust (Bosnia)
* sèptēmbar
* òktōbar
* nòvēmbar
* dècēmbar

#### Derived terms

* màjskī

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maj]

### Verb

maj
* second-person singular imperative of mať

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /màːj/

### Noun

máj m inan
* May

#### Coordinate terms

* jánuar
* fébruar
* márec
* apríl
* máj
* júnij
* júlij
* avgúst
* septêmber
* október
* novêmber
* decêmber

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aj
* Homophone: mig (Scania)

### Noun

maj c
* May (month)
    Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

#### Derived terms

* majen (definite form for maj)
* majmånad
* majmånaden (definite form for maj)

### See also

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

### Anagrams

* jam

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

maj m
* May

## Vlax Romani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian mai.

### Particle

maj
* -er, more; forms comparative adjectives and adverbs.
* follows the definite article to form the superlative

### References

* 1 2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “maj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 173a
* 1 2 Ronald Lee (2005) “Lesson eleven”, in Learn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes, reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published 2017, →ISBN, pages 166-168
* ↑ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “maj²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 232a
* 1 2 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “Morfológiai függelék [Morphological survey]”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 479
* 1 2 Yūsuke Sumi (2018) ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 96-97

## Welsh Romani
### Pronoun

maj (emphatic maja)
* I
    Synonym: me

### References

* “maj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

## Zay
### Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

### Noun

maj
* water

### References

* Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002 (sil.org)