zaj

See also: zȧj

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɒj]
• Hyphenation: zaj
• Rhymes: -ɒj

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root *śoje as Northern Mansi суй (suj, “noise”) and Finnish soida.

Noun

zaj (plural zajok)

2. noise (various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant)
3. (photography) image noise (random variation of brightness or color information in photographs)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	zaj	zajok
accusative	zajt	zajokat
dative	zajnak	zajoknak
instrumental	zajjal	zajokkal
causal-final	zajért	zajokért
translative	zajjá	zajokká
terminative	zajig	zajokig
essive-formal	zajként	zajokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	zajban	zajokban
superessive	zajon	zajokon
adessive	zajnál	zajoknál
illative	zajba	zajokba
sublative	zajra	zajokra
allative	zajhoz	zajokhoz
elative	zajból	zajokból
delative	zajról	zajokról
ablative	zajtól	zajoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	zajé	zajoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	zajéi	zajokéi

Possessive forms of zaj
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	zajom	zajaim
2nd person sing.	zajod	zajaid
3rd person sing.	zaja	zajai
1st person plural	zajunk	zajaink
2nd person plural	zajotok	zajaitok
3rd person plural	zajuk	zajaik

Derived terms

• zajdul
• zajong
• zajos
• zajtalan

 

Etymology 2

Of debated origin:

• By semantic split from the above term, or
• from the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćaka (“drift ice, thin ice”) (or *śaka) as Western Mansi [script needed] (sai̊) and Northern Sami [Term?] (čuokke -g̬-).

Noun

zaj (plural zajok)

2. (archaic) ice floes, floating ice

   Coordinate term: jégtábla (“thick ice floe”)

3. (archaic, poetic) danger, jeopardy, peril, menace

Derived terms

• zajlik → zajlás → jégzajlás

 

Further reading

• (noise): zaj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([archaic] ice floes): zaj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

• ajz

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐa˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-roŋ (“dragon”), borrowed from Old Chinese 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “id”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ronf and Iu Mien jung.

Noun

zaj (classifier: tus)

1. dragon

Derived terms

• zaj sawv (“rainbow”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 行 (MC hang|haeng|hangH|haengH, “classifier for rows”).

Classifier

zaj

1. classifier used for nouns like sayings, speeches, poems, paragraphs, hymns, chapters, times of sorrow or grief, litters of young, etc.

   Hu zaj no. ― Sing this verse.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 433.