naja
See also: Naja and nåja
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Indiancobra.jpg.webp)
Naja naja, the Indian Cobra
Etymology
From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).
Noun
naja (plural najas)
- A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras
See also
Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Jana
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.ʒa/
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Noun
naja m (plural najas)
- cobra (venomous snake)
Further reading
- “naja”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Alternative forms
- na ja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na(ː)ˈja(ː)/
Audio (file)
Interjection
naja
- well
- uh-huh, if you say so (expresses disagreement with what was said but an unwillingness to argue about it)
- —Ich finde, Justin Bieber ist der größte kanadische Musiker seit Neil Young!
—Naja.- —I think Justin Bieber’s the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
—Uh-huh.
- —I think Justin Bieber’s the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
Further reading
- “naja” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “naja” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Greenlandic
Noun
naja (plural najat)
- Alternative form of najak
Italian
Noun
naja f (uncountable)
- Alternative form of naia (“compulsory military conscription”)
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaha/
Pronoun
naja
- (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
- Naja nimayana.
- I’m hungry.
See also
Pipil personal pronouns
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | naja | tejemet | ||
2nd person | taja | anmejemet | ||
3rd person | yaja | yejemet |
- ni- (subject marker)
- nech- (object marker)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.ʒɐ/
Noun
naja f (plural najas)
- a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
- Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo
Spanish
Etymology
From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).
Noun
naja f (plural najas)
- a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
- Synonym: cobra
Further reading
- “naja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
Etymology
Compare Italian naja
Noun
naja f (invariable)
- conscription, military service