saja

See also: sajá, šajā, and såjå

Ese

Noun

saja

  1. cockatoo

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English sarge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sáː.(d)ʒàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáː.d͡ʒàː]

Noun

sājā̀ m (possessed form sājàn)

  1. sergeant (military rank)

Usage notes

When used as a title, the whole word is given low tone.

Ido

Adjective

saja

  1. wise, sensible

Antonyms

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sahaja, saja, from Classical Malay سهاج‎ (sahaja), ساج‎ (saja), from Sanskrit सहज (sahaja, “natural, innate, original”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsad͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ja
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a

Adverb

saja

  1. also, besides; as well; further; too.
    Synonyms: juga, pun
  2. merely, only, just, without any other reason etc. and nothing more.
    Synonyms: melulu, hanya, semata-mata
  3. exclusively
  4. always
    1. at all times; throughout all time
    2. constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
    Synonym: selalu
  5. as you like, to any extent or degree.
    Synonyms: seenaknya, sesuka hati
  6. preferably, rather.
    Synonym: lebih baik
  7. very, extremely: Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect as emphasis.
    Synonym: sekali

Usage notes

If hanya and saja are used together as "hanya saja", it means "however" or "the catch is".

Alternative forms

  • aja (colloquial)
  • sahaja: obsolete Indonesian, standard Malay
  • sadja (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947), Republik/Soewandi (1947–1972))
  • sahadja (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947), Republik/Soewandi (1947–1972))

Synonyms

Further reading

Rayón Zoque

Noun

saja

  1. wing
  2. fin

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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 32

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صایا‎ (saya, “serge”). Skok attempts to derive this from صایمق‎ (saymak, “to count”) (modern saymak), but it is perhaps more probably a medieval Wanderwort with its origins in Latin sagum (“coarse red military cloak”): compare English saye (“fine cloth similar to serge”), Portuguese saia (“skirt”), Italian saia (“a kind of fabric”) from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǎja/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ja

Noun

sàja f (Cyrillic spelling са̀ја)

  1. a kind of fine red broadcloth or serge;saye
  2. (Vranje dialect) a kind of sleeveless woman’s dress that ends above the knee

References

  • Drago Grdenić, editor (1953-1955), “sàja”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 14, Zagreb: JAZU, page 509
  • Skok, Petar (1973) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 188

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaxa/ [ˈsa.xa]
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: sa‧ja

Verb

saja

  1. inflection of sajar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sumerian

Romanization

saja

  1. Romanization of 𒋃 (sag̃a)
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