laji

Borrowed from Old Swedish slagh (whence Swedish slag (“kind, sort”)), from Middle Low German slach, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (whence also Swedish slag (“hit, punch, blow”), as inherited from Old Norse).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑji/, [ˈlɑ̝ji]

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• Rhymes: -ɑji
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧ji

laji

1. kind, sort

   Minkä lajin mies hän on?

   What kind of man is he?

2. (biology, taxonomy) species

   uusi lintulaji ― a new bird species

3. (sports) sport (certain type of sport, such as football or javelin, as opposed to sports in general)

   Lajejani ovat jääkiekko ja jalkapallo.

   My sports are ice hockey and soccer.

4. genre

   musiikkilaji ― music genre

• (kind): -lainen
• (sport): urheilulaji

• “laji”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02