baja

baja (Lontara spelling ᨅᨍ)

1. tomorrow

Inherited from Spanish bajar (“to go down”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈxa/, [baˈxa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ja

bajá

1. to go down; to alight

baj +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒjɒ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ja

baja

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of baj

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

• IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒa/

baja

1. fertilizer

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbad͡ʒa/ [ˈba.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ba‧ja

From Malay waja (“steel”), which doublet of waja,

• from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “strength”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“lively”). Doublet of vigili.
• from Sauraseni Prakrit vajja, from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “thunderbolt”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“strong, lively”).^[1]

The sense of teeth blackening material is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦮꦗ (waja).

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. steel
2. (figurative) something that is hard and strong
3. teeth blackening material

• waja: Indonesia, (Standard) Malay

From Malay baja (“manure”), from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. (obsolete, dialect) manure

   Synonyms: gemuk, pupuk

   Bangkai manusia akan terhantar di tanah seperti baja di padang.^[2] ― Human corpses will fall like manure on the surface of the field.

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. syllabic abbreviation of bintara remaja

From Bima [Term?].

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. customary punishment in Bima by parade

• “baja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

baja

1. dated spelling of baya, romanization of ꦧꦪ

From Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

• IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒa/
  • (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒə/
• Rhymes: -a

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baja (plural baja-baja or baja²)

1. fertilizer, manure

   Synonyms: gemuk, pupuk

• Indonesian: baja

• "baja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Borrowed from Italian baia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ja/
• Rhymes: -aːja

baja f

1. (obsolete) mockery

• bája (“chatterbox”) (Western Lublin, Krasienin)

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ba‧ja

Back-formation from bajka.

baja f

1. (colloquial) augmentative of bajka
2. (Przemyśl) synonym of kłamstwo

Borrowed from German Baie.

baja f

1. baize
2. (Przemyśl) low-quality cotton fabric

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baja m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of baj

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baja

1. third-person singular present of bajać

• “baja”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “baja”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “baja”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[4] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaxa/ [ˈba.xa]

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ba‧ja

Deverbal from bajar.

baja f (plural bajas)

1. casualty, loss

   Tuvimos demasiadas bajas, por ese perdimos la guerra.

   We had too many casualties, that is why we lost the war.

2. drop, fall, reduction

   Synonyms: reducción, disminución, caída, descenso

3. sick leave (absence for illness)

   No se requiere de los jefes que paguen a sus empleados la baja por enfermedad.

   Employers are not required to give their employees paid sick leave.

4. withdrawal, retirement

   Synonym: cese

baja

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baja

1. feminine singular of bajo

• “baja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From baj +‎ -a.

baja (present bajar, preterite bajade, supine bajat, imperative baja)

1. (colloquial) to poop (defecate)

   Synonym: bajsa

• bajamaja

• “baja”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “baja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.d͡ʒa]

baja

1. to persuade
2. to tempt

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh