Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Naja f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – the typical cobras.

Danish

Alternative forms

• Naia
• Naya

Etymology

From Greenlandic Naja, first used in Danish fiction in 1852.

Proper noun

Naja

1. A female given name.

Greenlandic

Etymology

From naja ‎(“younger sister of a male”).

Proper noun

Naja

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Najaaraq
• Najannguaq

See also

• Nuka
• Aqqalu

References

• Oqaasileriffik: The Personal Names Committee:Naja .Date of last access August 12th, 2010
• Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
• Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. ISBN 87-7975-014-1

English

Naja naja, the Indian Cobra

Noun

naja ‎(plural najas)

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

See also

• naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Noun

naja m ‎(plural najas)

1. cobra (venomous snake)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na(ː)ˈja(ː)/

Interjection

naja

1. well
2. (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!
   —Uhuh.

Alternative forms

• na ja

Greenlandic

Noun

naja

1. a boy's younger sister

Italian

Noun

naja f ‎(singular only)

1. (slang) compulsory military service; draft, conscription

Pipil

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaha/

Pronoun

naja

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

   Naja nimayana

   I'm hungry

See also

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ʒa/

Noun

naja f (plural najas)

1. cobra

Synonyms

• cobra-de-cabelo, cobra-cabelo

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian naja

Noun

naja f ‎(invariable)

1. conscription, military service