naja

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”).

naja (plural najas)

1. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras

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Borrowed from Navajo [Term?].

naja (plural najas)

1. 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 14 February 2021:

     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.

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naja

1. contraction of nou ja

• IPA^(key): /na.ʒa/

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naja m (plural najas)

1. cobra (venomous snake)

• “naja”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• na ja

na +‎ ja, literally “well, yes””.

• IPA^(key): /na(ː)ˈja(ː)/

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naja

1. well
2. 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 find, Justin Bieber to be the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
   —If you say so…

• “naja” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “naja” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /naja/, [nə.ja]

naja (plural najat)

1. alternative form of najak

naja f (uncountable)

1. alternative form of naia (“compulsory military conscription”)

From Proto-Nahuan *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaha/

naja

1. (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.

   Naja nimayana.

   I’m hungry.

• ni- (subject marker)
• nech- (object marker)

From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).

• Rhymes: -aʒɐ
• Hyphenation: na‧ja

naja f (plural najas)

1. naja (any snake of the genus Naja)

   Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo

The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, naja-macho for male and naja-fêmea for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

• “naja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “naja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaxa/ [ˈna.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: na‧ja

naja f (plural najas)

1. a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra

   Synonym: cobra

• “naja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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naja f (invariable)

1. conscription, military service