Where does “csajt” come from?
csajt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian csaj, from Romani ćhaj, from Romani ćhavo, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯, from Sanskrit शावक, from Sanskrit क, from Sanskrit कम्, from Sanskrit काम — to desire, wish.
csajt (Hungarian): accusative singular of csaj
Definitions
- accusative singular of csaj
Ancestry of “csajt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | csaj | a Romani girl; a girl, a woman |
| 2 | Romani | ćhaj | female equivalent of ćhavo: Romani girl; daughter |
| 3 | Romani | ćhavo | Romani boy; kid; son |
| 4 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀙𑀸𑀯 | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | शावक | the young one of an animal |
| 6 | Sanskrit | क | interrogative pronoun; who, what, which; a name;... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | कम् | to wish, desire, long for; to love, be in love... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | काम | wish, desire, longing; love, affection, object of... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | káHmas | wish, desire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kóh₂-mo-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂- | to desire, wish |