šaj

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík  
Word form šaj
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning can, be possible (participant-external possibility); may, be allowed to (deontic possibility); possibly, perhaps (epistemic possibility)
Czech translation moci; smět
Hungarian translation lehet; -hat- ~ -het-
Grammatical info modal particle
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age West Asian L2 [9] (700–1000)
Early Romani reconstruction *šaj; *ašti
Boretzky & Igla's etymology 268: < Persian šāyad ’es ist möglich’; possibly also < Prakrit sakkaï < OIA śaknoti ‘können’
Mānušs et al. etymology no entry
Vekerdi's etymology 152: perhaps < Sanskrit śakyam, perhaps < Persian šāyad