naja
English
Etymology 1
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NAJACategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *negʷ-#NAJAFrom SanskritCategory:English terms derived from Sanskrit#NAJA नाग (nāga), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NAJA *nogʷós (“naked”).
Noun
naja (plural najas)Category:English lemmas#NAJACategory:English nouns#NAJACategory:English countable nouns#NAJACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
See also
Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
Borrowed from NavajoCategory:English terms borrowed from Navajo#NAJACategory:English terms derived from Navajo#NAJA [Term?]Category:Navajo term requests#NAJA.
Noun
naja (plural najas)Category:English lemmas#NAJACategory:English nouns#NAJACategory:English countable nouns#NAJACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#NAJA
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#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 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.Category:English terms with quotations#NAJA
Anagrams
Category:en:Elapid snakes#NAJADutch
Interjection
najaCategory:Dutch lemmas#NAJACategory:Dutch interjections#NAJACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- contraction of nou jaCategory:Dutch contractions#NAJA
French
Pronunciation
Noun
naja m (plural najas)Category:French lemmas#NAJACategory:French nouns#NAJACategory:French countable nouns#NAJACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:French masculine nouns#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- cobra (venomous snake)
Further reading
- “naja”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
na + jaCategory:German compound terms#NAJA, literally “well, yes””.
Pronunciation
Interjection
najaCategory:German lemmas#NAJACategory:German interjections#NAJACategory:German entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#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 find, Justin Bieber to be the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
—If you say so…
- —I find, Justin Bieber to be the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
Further reading
Greenlandic
Pronunciation
- (Nuuk) IPA(key): /naja/, [nə.ja]Category:Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation#NAJA
Noun
naja (plural najat)Category:Greenlandic lemmas#NAJACategory:Greenlandic nouns#NAJACategory:Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- alternative form of najak
Italian
Noun
naja f (uncountable)Category:Italian lemmas#NAJACategory:Italian nouns#NAJACategory:Italian uncountable nouns#NAJACategory:Italian terms spelled with J#NAJACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Italian feminine nouns#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- alternative form of naia (“compulsory military conscription”)
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-NahuanCategory:Pipil terms inherited from Proto-Nahuan#NAJACategory:Pipil terms derived from Proto-Nahuan#NAJA *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
najaCategory:Pipil lemmas#NAJACategory:Pipil pronouns#NAJACategory:Pipil entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
- Naja nimayana.
- I’m hungry.
See also
Portuguese
Etymology
From SanskritCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Sanskrit#NAJA नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#NAJA.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʒɐCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aʒɐ#NAJACategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aʒɐ/2 syllables#NAJA
- Hyphenation: na‧ja
Noun
naja f (plural najas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#NAJACategory:Portuguese nouns#NAJACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#NAJACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
- naja (any snake of the genus Naja)
- Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo
Usage notes
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.
Related terms
Further reading
- “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
Spanish
Etymology
From SanskritCategory:Spanish terms derived from Sanskrit#NAJA नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#NAJA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaxa/ [ˈna.xa]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#NAJACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#NAJA
- Rhymes: -axaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/axa#NAJACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/axa/2 syllables#NAJA
- Syllabification: na‧ja
Noun
naja f (plural najas)Category:Spanish lemmas#NAJACategory:Spanish nouns#NAJACategory:Spanish countable nouns#NAJACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA
Further reading
- “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
Venetan
Etymology
Noun
naja f (invariable)Category:Venetan lemmas#NAJACategory:Venetan nouns#NAJACategory:Venetan entries with incorrect language header#NAJACategory:Venetan feminine nouns#NAJACategory:Pages with entries#NAJACategory:Pages with 10 entries#NAJA