naja

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).

naja (plural najas)

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

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• Jana

• 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

• 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 think Justin Bieber’s the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
   —Uh-huh.

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

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”).

naja f (plural najas)

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

   Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo

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

naja f (plural najas)

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

   Synonym: cobra

• “naja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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naja f (invariable)

1. conscription, military service