Symbol

bajCategory:Translingual lemmas#BAJCategory:Translingual symbols#BAJCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BAJCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BAJCategory:Pages with entries#BAJCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BAJ

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Barakai.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Barakai terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑ̃j], [ˈbõ̞j]Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#BAJ

Verb

bâj (aorist bâna, bôna, bosh, participle bâ, bô, bãn, bõn)Category:Albanian lemmas#BAJCategory:Albanian verbs#BAJCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BAJCategory:Pages with entries#BAJCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BAJ

1. GhegCategory:Gheg Albanian#BAJ form of bëj (“to do”)

Etymology

EnglishCategory:Greenlandic terms borrowed from English#BAJCategory:Greenlandic terms derived from English#BAJ bye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/Category:Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation#BAJ

Interjection

bajCategory:Greenlandic lemmas#BAJCategory:Greenlandic interjections#BAJCategory:Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header#BAJCategory:Pages with entries#BAJCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BAJ

1. goodbye

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-CroatianCategory:Hungarian terms borrowed from Serbo-Croatian#BAJCategory:Hungarian terms derived from Serbo-Croatian#BAJ boj (“battle”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒj]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#BAJ

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Hungarian terms with audio pronunciation#BAJ
• Hyphenation: baj
• Rhymes: -ɒjCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒj#BAJCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒj/1 syllable#BAJ

Noun

baj (plural bajok)Category:Hungarian lemmas#BAJCategory:Hungarian nouns#BAJCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#BAJCategory:Pages with entries#BAJCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BAJ

1. trouble, matter, problem

   Synonyms: gond, probléma

   Mi a baj? ― What's the matter?Category:Hungarian terms with usage examples#BAJ

2. (obsoleteCategory:Hungarian terms with obsolete senses#BAJ) battle, combat, fight, duel
   • 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem (“The Siege of Sziget”, literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 14, stanza 101; translation by László Kőrössy:

     Mikor Szigetvártul jó tova valának, / Egy szép kerék rétet völgybe találának. / Azt tudnád, akartva ezt harczhoz csinálták. / Itten halálos bajt csak ketten vivának.

     When from Szigetvár they were a good distance, / A pretty round meadow found in a valley; / You would think that it was made purposefully for battle, / Here only two fight a fatal duel.

     Category:Hungarian terms with quotations#BAJ

3. ill, trouble, condition, complaint (a certain abnormal state of health)

References

Further reading

• baj in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• baj in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Verb

bajCategory:K'iche' lemmas#BAJCategory:K'iche' verbs#BAJCategory:K'iche' entries with incorrect language header#BAJCategory:Pages with entries#BAJCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BAJ

1. to chew

References

• Christenson, Allen J. (2003), Kʼicheʼ-English dictionary and Guide to the pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya alphabet‎, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, →OCLC

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaj/Category:Polish 1-syllable words#BAJCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#BAJ

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#BAJ
• Rhymes: -ajCategory:Rhymes:Polish/aj#BAJCategory:Rhymes:Polish/aj/1 syllable#BAJ
• Syllabification: baj

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BAJCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BAJ *bajь. By surface analysis, deverbal from bajaćCategory:Polish deverbals#BAJ.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “baj”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)

Verb

baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#BAJCategory:Serbo-Croatian verb forms#BAJCategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian verb form entries#BAJCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BAJCategory:Pages with entries#BAJCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BAJ

1. second-person singular imperative of bajati

Alternative forms

• bau

Etymology 1

From the West Bothnia and East Gothland dialectal word baj (“filth”). According to Rietz, possibly related to Middle High German baht.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#BAJCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#BAJ baie (“bay”).

Etymology 3

UnknownCategory:Swedish terms with unknown etymologies#BAJ. According to some from FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#BAJCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#BAJ Bayonne via bajonett (“bayonet”). According to others from "bajen vid Biscaja" (Bay of Biscay), compare baj (“bay”).

References

• baj in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
• “baj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bajsalt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Fula Ordboken
• Anders Fredrik Dalin (1850), Ordbok öfver svenska språket‎, baj, page 102

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pa˥/Category:Zhuang terms with IPA pronunciation#BA3
• Tone numbers: ba³
• Hyphenation: bajCategory:Zhuang 1-syllable words#BA3

Etymology 1

From Proto-TaiCategory:Zhuang terms inherited from Proto-Tai#BA3Category:Zhuang terms derived from Proto-Tai#BA3 *paːꟲ (“parent's older sister”). Cognate with Thai ป้า (bpâa), Lao ປ້າ (pā), Lü ᦔᦱᧉ (ṗaa²), Shan ပႃႈ (pāa), Tai Dam ꪜ꫁ꪱ, Ahom 𑜆𑜡 (pā), Saek ป̂า.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from ChineseCategory:Zhuang terms borrowed from Chinese#BA3Category:Zhuang terms derived from Chinese#BA3 靶 (MC paeH).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from ChineseCategory:Zhuang terms borrowed from Chinese#BA3Category:Zhuang terms derived from Chinese#BA3 把 (MC paeX).

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Zhuang entries#BA3