saja

See also: sajă, sajá, šajā, såjå, Şaja, and Sajá

Albanian

Noun

saja

1. inflection of sajë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Verb

saja (ditransitive)

1. to say, to tell

References

• Lars Steensland (2021), Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN

Ese

Noun

saja

1. cockatoo

Estonian

Numeral

saja

1. genitive singular of sada

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English sarge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sáː.(d)ʒàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sáː.d͡ʒàː]

Noun

sājā̀ m (possessed form sājàn)

1. sergeant (military rank)

Usage notes

When used as a title, the whole word is given low tone.

Related terms

• samanja

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto saĝa, English sage, French sage, Italian saggio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʒa/, /ˈsad͡ʒa/

Adjective

saja

1. wise, sensible

   Antonym: dessaja

Derived terms

• sajesar
• sajeso

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay sahaja, saja, from Classical Malay سهاج (sahaja), ساج (saja), from Sanskrit सहज (sahaja, “natural, innate, original”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒa/ [ˈsa.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: sa‧ja

Adverb

saja

1. also, besides; as well; further; too

   Synonyms: juga, pun

2. merely, only, just, without any other reason etc. and nothing more

   Synonyms: cuma, hanya, semata-mata

3. exclusively
4. always
   1. at all times; throughout all time
   2. constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally)

   Synonym: selalu

5. as you like, to any extent or degree

   Synonyms: seenaknya, sesuka hati

6. preferably, rather

   Synonym: lebih baik

7. very, extremely: used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect as emphasis

   Synonym: sekali

Usage notes

If hanya and saja are in combined usage as a fixed collocation (i.e., hanya saja), it means "the catch is..." or "however."

Alternative forms

• aja (colloquial)
• sahaja (archaic or obsolete)
• sadja, sahadja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)
• sa (dialectal, Kupang, Papuan)

Synonyms

• hanya
• cuma

Etymology 2

Pronoun

saja

1. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) superseded spelling of saya

Further reading

• “saja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒə/ [ˈsat̪̚.͡ʒə]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒa/ [ˈsa.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a
• Hyphenation: sa‧ja

Adverb

saja (Jawi spelling ساج)

1. (informal) alternative form of sahaja

Rayón Zoque

Noun

saja

1. wing
2. fin

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984), Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 32

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صایا (saya, “serge”). Skok attempts to derive this from صایمق (saymak, “to count”) (modern saymak), but it is perhaps more probably a medieval Wanderwort with its origins in Latin sagum (“coarse red military cloak”): compare English saye (“fine cloth similar to serge”), Portuguese saia (“skirt”), Italian saia (“a kind of fabric”) from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎja/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ja

Noun

sàja f (Cyrillic spelling са̀ја)

1. a kind of fine red broadcloth or serge; saye
2. (Vranje dialect) a kind of sleeveless woman’s dress that ends above the knee

References

• Drago Grdenić, editor (1953–1955), “sàja”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 14, Zagreb: JAZU, page 509
• Skok, Petar (1973), “saja”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 188

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaxa/ [ˈsa.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: sa‧ja

Verb

saja

1. inflection of sajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sumerian

Romanization

saja

1. romanization of 𒋃 (sag̃a)