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Appendix:Variations of "aj" Albanian Alternative forms sq -anj -anji Etymology Nominal suffix sq -aj -s; he; of/to the/him/his denotes tribal/family name patronyms and toponyms; meaning “descendant/inhabitant of”. The earliest examples appear in the form sq -anj, as attested, for example, by Pjetër Bogdani (1685), "Pleqënia e shtëpisë Bogdananjet." The form is also preserved in southern Albanian and Arvanitika. Its ultimate origin is uncertain. Jokl proposed a derivation from the Latin suffix la -anius, comparing Italian surnames such as it Galvagni and it Mascagni. Weigand disputed this derivation, pointing to the variant sq -ej after palatals, as in Synej and Reshej; Xhuvani and Çabej followed his objection. Arapi notes that the latter authors provide no supporting arguments and classifies the suffix among those of native or uncertain origin.Arapi, Ina (2012), “Albanisch-rumänische Parallelen: Die Suffixe”, in Wolfgang Dahmen et al., editors, Südosteuropäische Romania: Siedlungs-/Migrationsgeschichte und Sprachtypologie. Romanistisches Kolloquium XXV, Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, page 124, 978-3-8233-6740-6. Pronunciation sq /aj/ Suffix sq suffix m sq patronymic descendant of; 's, -s sq Gec aj Gec s (descendant) sq Gjergj aj George s (descendant) sq Gjon aj John s (descendant) sq Isuf aj Joseph s (descendant) sq Jusuf aj Joseph s (descendant) sq Palush aj Paul s (descendant) sq toponymic inhabitant of; -an as in Albanian, -ese Derived terms sq References Hungarian Pronunciation Suffix hu suffix noun-forming suffixes hu noun-forming suffix Added to an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root to form a noun. No longer productive. hu kacaj laughter Usage notes noun-forming suffix Variants: hu -aj is added to back-vowel stems hu -ej is added to front-vowel stems Declension -ajo o --aj ai Derived terms hu noun See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Polish Etymology pl :inh sla-pro:*-ajь + + Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix forms nouns pl mazać mazgaj Declension Derived terms pl Romanian Etymology From ro fr -age, from ro fro -age, from ro la -āticum. Pronunciation ro /aʒ/ Suffix n e -age Derived terms ro Serbo-Croatian Etymology sh sla-pro *-ějь. Suffix -āj m-in suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a result of an action or an object Derived terms sh See also sh -jaj sh -ljaj