hajnjeri

Albanian

Etymology

From ha (“eat”) +‎ -j (“first person singular verb suffix”) +‎ njeri (“man, human”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hajɲeˈɾi/

Noun

hajnjerí m (definite hajnjeriu) (mythology)

  1. cyclops; a mythological one-eyed man with a big body
    Synonym: ciklop

Further reading

  • “hajnjeri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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