goja

See also: goją and ĝoja

Albanian

Noun

goja

  1. definite nominative singular of gojë

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɔ.ʒə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɔ.d͡ʒa]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Occitan goja (waitress) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, gentile woman).

Noun

goja f (plural goges) (folklore)

  1. fairy
  2. water nymph
    Synonyms: aloja, dona d'aigua, encantada, patida
    Hypernym: nimfa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

goja

  1. inflection of gojar (to bewitch):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Verb

goja

  1. inflection of gojar (to enjoy; to benefit from):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

French

Alternative forms

  • goia

Noun

goja f (plural gojas)

  1. (religion, obsolete) Christian woman

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

goja f (plural gojas)

  1. waitress

References

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 298

Swedish

Etymology

From papegoja.

Noun

goja c

  1. (colloquial) a parrot (bird)
    Synonym: papegoja
  2. (colloquial) gobbledygook, nonsense
    Han snackar bara en massa goja
    He just speaks a bunch of gobbledygook
    Vad snackar du för goja?
    What gobbledygook are you spewing?
    Vilken goja...
    What nonsense...

Declension

Declension of goja
nominative genitive
singular indefinite goja gojas
definite gojan gojans
plural indefinite gojor gojors
definite gojorna gojornas

References

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin goja
Cyrillic гоҗа
Arabic قوجه

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja). Doublet of hoja (holy man) and hojaýyn (landlord, master, owner, proprietor, innkeeper).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɢoˈd͡ʒɑ/
  • Hyphenation: go‧ja

Adjective

goja (comparative gojarak, superlative goja)

  1. old, ancient

Noun

goja (definite accusative gojany, plural gojalar)

  1. old man
    Synonym: ýaşuly

Declension

Declension of goja
singular plural
nominative goja gojalar
accusative gojany gojalary
genitive gojanyň gojalaryň
dative gojā gojalara
locative gojada gojalarda
ablative gojadan gojalardan

Derived terms

  • gojalmak (to age)
  • gojalyk (old age)
  • gojaman (old man; ancient)

Further reading

  • goja” in Enedilim.com
  • goja” in Webonary.org