naja

See also: Naja and nåja

English

Naja naja, the Indian Cobra

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).

Noun

naja (plural najas)

1. 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

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French

Noun

naja m (plural najas)

1. cobra (venomous snake)

Further reading

• “naja” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Alternative forms

• na ja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na(ː)ˈja(ː)/

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Interjection

naja

1. well
2. 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.

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Greenlandic

Etymology

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Noun

naja

1. a boy's younger sister

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Italian

Noun

naja f (singular only)

1. (slang) compulsory military service; draft, conscription

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Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaha/

Pronoun

naja

1. (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)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʒa/

Noun

naja f (plural najas)

1. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra

   Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian naja

Noun

naja f (invariable)

1. conscription, military service