naja

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See also: Naja and nåja

English

Naja naja, the Indian Cobra

Etymology 1

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

Noun

naja (plural najas)

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

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Navajo .

Noun

naja (plural najas)

  1. 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, 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

Dutch

Interjection

naja

  1. Contraction of nou ja.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.ʒa/
  • (file)

Noun

naja m (plural najas)

  1. cobra (venomous snake)

Further reading

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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.

Further reading

  • naja” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • naja” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Noun

naja (plural najat)

  1. Alternative form of najak

Italian

Noun

naja f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of naia (compulsory military conscription)

Pipil

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

naja

  1. (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
    Naja nimayana.
    I’m hungry.

See also

  • ni- (subject marker)
  • nech- (object marker)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, serpent, snake).

Pronunciation

Noun

naja f (plural najas)

  1. 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)

  1. a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
    Synonym: cobra

Further reading

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian naja

Noun

naja f (invariable)

  1. conscription, military service