naja
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).
Noun edit
naja (plural najas)
See also edit
- Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- 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
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
Pipil personal pronouns
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
naja f (plural najas)
- a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
- Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).
Noun edit
naja f (plural najas)
Further reading edit
- “naja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
naja f (invariable)