aja

See also: Aja, AJA, ajá, ajā, aǰá, ája, Ája, a̱ja, and -āja

Arin

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej- (“pine”). Compare Kott ei (“pine”).

Noun

aja

1. a pine tree

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.jaː/
• Hyphenation: aja
• Rhymes: -aːjaː

• Audio:

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Noun

aja f (plural aja's, diminutive ajaatje n)

1. ayah, verse of the Qur'an

Holonyms

• Koran
• soera

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

Noun

aja

1. genitive singular of aeg

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝jɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ja
• Hyphenation^(key): aja

Verb

aja

1. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of ajaa
2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of ajaa
3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of ajaa

Anagrams

• jaa, jaa.

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Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• ajak

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aja(ɣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ja/

Noun

aja (plural ajat)

1. maternal aunt

References

• aja in Katersat

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Igbo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ád͡ʒá/

Noun

aja

1. earth, sand, mud

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àd͡ʒà/

Noun

àjà

1. sacrifice

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈad͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: aja

Adverb

aja

1. (colloquial) aphetic form of saja.

Further reading

• “aja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Koorete

FWOTD – 11 December 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajːa/

Noun

aja

1. bow (weapon)

References

• Lydia Hoeft, Ralph Siebert, Sociolinguistic survey report of the Abbaya/Chamo area of Ethiopia part 1 (2001), SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-025: 33, page 17

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adʒa/

Etymology

From Marathi आजोबा (ājobā)

Noun

aja

1. grandfather

   Synonym: granper

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Occitan

Verb

aja

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aver
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aver
3. second-person singular imperative of aver

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• अज (Devanagari script)
• অজ (Bengali script)
• අජ (Sinhalese script)
• အဇ or ဢၹ (Burmese script)
• อช or อะชะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຊ or ອະຊະ (Lao script)
• អជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄎 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अज (aja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

aja m

1. goat

Declension

Declension table of "aja" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ajo	ajā
Accusative (second)	ajaṃ	aje
Instrumental (third)	ajena	ajehi or ajebhi
Dative (fourth)	ajassa or ajāya or ajatthaṃ	ajānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ajasmā or ajamhā or ajā	ajehi or ajebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ajassa	ajānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ajasmiṃ or ajamhi or aje	ajesu
Vocative (calling)	aja	ajā

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: haja

Verb

aja

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of
2. obsolete spelling of haja

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Rayón Zoque

Noun

aja

1. canoe

References

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984), Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxa/ [ˈa.xa]

• Audio (BOL):

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Verb

aja

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ajar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ajar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ajar.

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Yoruba

 

Àwọn ajá.

Etymology 1

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruba *abyá. Cognates include Igala abyá.

Noun

ajá

1. dog

Etymology 2

Noun

àjà

1. ceiling, platform, story, roof

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

• ilé alájà (“bungalow”)
• àjà ilé (“ceiling”)
• àjà-ilẹ̀ (“basement”)
• òkè àjà (“attic”)