Where does “kaján” come from?

kaján (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kaja, from Hungarian kajál, from Romani khal — to eat.

kaján (Hungarian): tongue-in-cheek, sardonic, playfully malicious, malignant, or malevolent, wickedly mischievous, gleeful, gloating, sly

Definitions

  1. tongue-in-cheek, sardonic, playfully malicious, malignant, or malevolent, wickedly mischievous, gleeful, gloating, sly

Ancestry of “kaján”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankajagrub, chow
2Hungariankajálto eat
3Romanikhalto eat
Every word from Romani khal →Every word from Hungarian kajál →Every word from Hungarian kaja →