naja
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Etymology 1
From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).
Noun
naja (plural najas)
See also
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Etymology 2
Noun
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, 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
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Interjection
naja
- Contraction of nou ja.
Pronunciation
Noun
naja m (plural najas)
- cobra (venomous snake)
Further reading
- “naja”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
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!
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Pronunciation
Noun
naja (plural najat)
- Alternative form of najak
Noun
naja f (uncountable)
- Alternative form of naia (“compulsory military conscription”)
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
naja
- (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
- Naja nimayana.
- I’m hungry.
See also
Pipil personal pronouns
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʒɐ
- Hyphenation: na‧ja
Noun
naja f (plural najas)
- naja (any snake of the genus Naja)
- Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo
Usage notes
Related terms
- naja-egípcia
- naja-indiana
Etymology
Noun
naja f (plural najas)
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Noun
naja f (invariable)
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