goja
Albanian
Noun
goja
- definite nominative singular of gojë
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate with Occitan goja (“waitress”) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, “gentile woman”).
Noun
goja f (plural goges) (folklore)
- fairy
- water nymph
- Synonyms: aloja, dona d'aigua, encantada, patida
- Hypernym: nimfa
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
goja
- inflection of gojar (“to bewitch”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
Verb
goja
- inflection of gojar (“to enjoy; to benefit from”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “goja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Alternative forms
- goia
Noun
goja f (plural gojas)
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Gascony): (file)
Noun
goja f (plural gojas)
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
- (colloquial) a parrot (bird)
- Synonym: papegoja
- (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
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | goja | gojas |
| definite | gojan | gojans | |
| plural | indefinite | gojor | gojors |
| definite | gojorna | gojornas |
References
- goja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- goja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- goja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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 iň goja)
Noun
goja (definite accusative gojany, plural gojalar)
- old man
- Synonym: ýaşuly
Declension
| 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”)