naja
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English
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”).
Noun
[edit]naja (plural najas)
See also
[edit]Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]naja (plural najas)
- A necklace or pendant made in the shape of the traditional Navajo symbol of a crescent.
- Synonym: squash blossom necklace
- 1973, Margery Bedinger, Indian Silver: Navajo and Pueblo Jewelers, Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 229:
- Carter has several illustrations of English horse amulets that clearly resemble early Navajo najas.
- 1997, Lauran Paine, The White Bird, Thorndike, M.E.: Thorndike Press; Bath, Somerset: Chivers Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 134:
- Belle came out of her dark place to show Sam her necklace. It was beautiful. In the center was a naja.
- 2015 May 14, Victoria Gomelsky, “Beauty and Balance in Turquoise”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-02-14:
- In Los Angeles, the designers Jacquie Aiche and Irene Neuwirth both said they had been seduced by Native American style. In April, Ms. Aiche debuted a limited collection of leather bolo ties anchored by a crescent-shaped pendant not unlike the traditional Navajo naja symbol, while Ms. Neuwirth showed a long rainbow-colored strand of gemstones whose silhouette recalls a luxe version of the naja, or squash blossom necklace.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Interjection
[edit]naja
- contraction of nou ja
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naja m (plural najas)
- cobra (venomous snake)
Further reading
[edit]- “naja”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]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
[edit]Greenlandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naja (plural najat)
- alternative form of najak
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]naja f (uncountable)
- alternative form of naia (“compulsory military conscription”)
Pipil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Nahuan *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]naja
- (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
- Naja nimayana.
- I’m hungry.
See also
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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1st person | naja | tejemet | ||
2nd person | taja | anmejemet | ||
3rd person | yaja | yejemet |
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aʒɐ
- Hyphenation: na‧ja
Noun
[edit]naja f (plural najas)
- naja (any snake of the genus Naja)
- Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo
Usage notes
[edit]The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “naja-macho” for male, and “naja-fêmea” for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naja f (plural najas)
Further reading
[edit]- “naja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Venetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]naja f (invariable)
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- en:Elapid snakes
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- pt:Elapid snakes
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- es:Snakes
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