tej
English

Alternative forms
- tedge, tedje, tedj
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛd͡ʒ]
Noun
tej (countable and uncountable, plural tej)
, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 49:
- She smells the mingling odors of sweat and tej inside the hot room.
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tai e, a parallel formation to tëhu.[1]
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 451
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowing from an Iranian language, compare Ossetian дӕйын (dæjyn, “to suck”), Middle Persian [script needed] (dāyag, “nurse”), Persian دایه (dâye, “nurse”), Northern Kurdish da (“mother”), Sanskrit धयति (dhayati, “to suck, drink”). Cognate also with old Southern Mansi -тай (-taj) (in сыртай (syrtaj, “milk”)), both possibly via Proto-Ugric *täjɜ.[1] The earlier nominative was té, lost in favor of the oblique stem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛj]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛj
Noun
tej (countable and uncountable, plural tejek)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tej | tejek |
accusative | tejet | tejeket |
dative | tejnek | tejeknek |
instrumental | tejjel | tejekkel |
causal-final | tejért | tejekért |
translative | tejjé | tejekké |
terminative | tejig | tejekig |
essive-formal | tejként | tejekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tejben | tejekben |
superessive | tejen | tejeken |
adessive | tejnél | tejeknél |
illative | tejbe | tejekbe |
sublative | tejre | tejekre |
allative | tejhez | tejekhez |
elative | tejből | tejekből |
delative | tejről | tejekről |
ablative | tejtől | tejektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
tejé | tejeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
tejéi | tejekéi |
Possessive forms of tej | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tejem | tejeim |
2nd person sing. | tejed | tejeid |
3rd person sing. | teje | tejei |
1st person plural | tejünk | tejeink |
2nd person plural | tejetek | tejeitek |
3rd person plural | tejük | tejeik |
Derived terms
- tejcukor
- tejcsokoládé
- tejfel
- tejfog
- tejföl
- tejgazdaság
- tejpor
- tejszín
- tejtermék
- Tejút
- tejüveg
- tejüzem
- aludttej
- anyatej
- juhtej
- kecsketej
- kókusztej
- mandulatej
- naptej
- szójatej
- tehéntej
References
- Katz, Hartmut. 1991. "Altsüdwogulisches". — Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 50, pp. 81–91.
Further reading
- tej 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
Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛj/, [tej]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Declension
Synonyms
- čaj (literary)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛj/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛj
- Syllabification: tej
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Further reading
- tej in Polish dictionaries at PWN