monja

See also: mönjä and Monja

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔɲ.d͡ʒa]

Noun

monja f (plural monges)

1. nun

Related terms

• monjo

Portuguese

monja

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese monja, from monge + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese monga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: mon‧ja

Noun

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monge, masculine plural monges)

1. nun, monkess (female monastics)

Related terms

• freira
• monge

Spanish

monja

Etymology

From monje +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonxa/ [ˈmõŋ.xa]
• Rhymes: -onxa
• Syllabification: mon‧ja

Noun

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monje, masculine plural monjes)

1. nun, monkess

Derived terms

• gaviotín monja
• monjita

 

Related terms

• monje

 

Descendants

• → Zacatepec Chatino: mòjā

Further reading

• “monje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• jamón, mojan