Maja

See also: maja, majá, māja, mājā, mają, and Mają

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

The name Maja is a girl's name of Arabic, German, Scandinavian origin meaning "splendid". ... Sometimes associated with Goya's famous painting "The Naked Maja." As a cognate of Maya, it's a Top 10 name in Slovenia and Sweden and is also popular in Germany and Norway.

Proper noun

Maja f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Majidae – the sea spider or spider crab.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References


Danish

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a female given name, diminutive of Maria

German

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Maria

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒjɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ja
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Maja Maják
accusative Maját Majákat
dative Majának Majáknak
instrumental Majával Majákkal
causal-final Majáért Majákért
translative Majává Majákká
terminative Majáig Majákig
essive-formal Majaként Majákként
essive-modal
inessive Majában Majákban
superessive Maján Majákon
adessive Majánál Majáknál
illative Majába Majákba
sublative Majára Majákra
allative Majához Majákhoz
elative Majából Majákból
delative Majáról Majákról
ablative Majától Majáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Majáé Majáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Majáéi Majákéi
Possessive forms of Maja
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Majám Majáim
2nd person sing. Majád Majáid
3rd person sing. Majája Majái
1st person plural Majánk Majáink
2nd person plural Majátok Majáitok
3rd person plural Majájuk Majáik

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maja/, [ˈmɑjːa]

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a female given name, diminutive of Maria

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαϊα (Maïa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: Ma‧ja
  • Homophone: maja

Proper noun

Maja f (diminutive Majka)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Maja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Maja in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /màːja/

Proper noun

Mája f

  1. a female given name

Swedish

Proper noun

Maja c (genitive Majas)

  1. a female given name, a medieval diminutive of Maria

Anagrams

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