tjej - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• tjeja

Attested since 1851. From Tavringer Romani tjej, from Romani ćhaj (“girl”), a feminine form of ćhavo (“boy”). Derived from the root found in the Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva), corresponding to Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”).

• IPA^(key): /ɕɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj

tjej c

1. (colloquial) a girl (young girl)

   Synonyms: flicka, tös, brud

   Några tjejer i 14-årsåldern gick runt i affären

   Some 14-year-old girls were browsing the store

   en present till en sjuårig tjej

   a present for a seven-year-old girl

   Hur gammal är lilltjejen?

   How old is the little one?

2. (colloquial) a girl, a gal (young woman (or older woman, ironically))

   Synonyms: kvinna, brud

   ragga på en tjej

   hit on a girl

   Det var bara vi tjejer i 50-årsåldern där

   It was just us gals in our 50s there

3. (colloquial) a girlfriend

   Synonyms: flickvän, brud

   Imorgon ska mina kompisar få träffa min nya tjej

   Tomorrow my friends are going to meet my new girlfriend

• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjei, kei
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjei, kei

• tjej in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tjej in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tjej in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “tjej”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 104
• Fula Ordboken

• kjei
• tjei

From Romani ćhaj (“girl”), a feminine form of ćhavo (“boy”).

tjej

1. a girl

• kjei
• tjei